open. >> it's part of the palo alto culture to have parents volunteer in the community support forools. >> reporter: even in the school system known for academic excellence and anything for the kid mindset, the superintendent said he was amazed by the response from parents. >> there has ever been anything in my career that is more energizing, inspiring, and is really a win when everyone is beallowetoe reemhers pa eers ey wilinal background finginbut ey ll hao oof of vaccination. >> they are not alone with students. they will be partnered or in areas that are not with one-on- one students contacts. >> reporter: virtually every educator and parent will tell you that in person instruction is vastly superior to online learning. >> i have to be honest in the fact that i am scared. >> reporter: there were some parents who had reservations about keeping schools open as cases skyrocket. they were ultimately convinced by the superintendent plan. >> seeing the kids thrive, being able to be with other kids, i feel that the decision to keep the schools open, but to make sure that there is supp

palo alto is trying something pretty drastic here, creating an army of parent volunteers to make sure its schools stay open. essentially parents stepping in as teachers. here's nbc bay area stephanie malgion. >> in a few hours dozens of parents will be roaming palo alto yards and cafeterias to fill the gaps created by pandemic shortages. >> i start tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. and i'll be here with a volunteer vest on. >> jen winer is one of hundreds of parents who signed up to volunteer after getting this message. >> we need your help. >> from the palo alto unified school districts and superintendent and i hope that the staff feel supported that we will do what we can to take things off the load of the staff. >> this school district like nearly every district in america has been dealing with huge staffing shortages, missing more than 100 support staff and up to 80 teaches a day and there simply aren't enough substitutes to fill the position and that led to this call to action. >> a little after can the sunday night, the message went out to families and by 9:30 we already had 50 and 9:00 in

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>>een palo alto la policía arrestó un hombre por ingresar ilegalmente a una vivienda es alexis garcíade maryland fue el primero en recibir ttrasplante de un corazón de cerdo genéticamente modificado en un último esfuerzo por salvar su vida. >>la operación de siete horas en la primera en su tipo los cirujanos tratan de salvar la vida a david bennet reemplazando su corazón con un corazón de cerdo modificado genéticamente. no es algo seguro ttampoco es garantía desde que está cirugía experimental funcione. hasta ahora el hombre se puede siete años ha sobrevivido a tres días y ha dado esperanza a la comunidad médica y a su familia tras una larga investigación para poder utilizar los órganos de animales en otras personas. para bennet era un escenario de vida o muerte ya que no era elegible para trasplante de un corazón humano y no tenía opción. la universidad de maryland índigo mandó un comunicado diciendo que el paciente habló y que lo que más deseas poder salir del hospital. anteriormente estos intentos de trasplantes no funcionaron, los cuerpos de los pacientes rechazaron los órganos de

el superintendente del distrito unificado de palo alto enviÓ un boletÍn suplicÁndoles a los padres deoluntarios en las escuelas para mantenerlas abiertas. al igual que otros distritos, palo alto se ha visto muy afectado por la escasez de maestros y tambiÉn de personal. el superintendente de palo alto se comprometiÓ a mantener las escuelas abiertas a menos que las autoridades obliguen a ese distrito a cerrar. amanecimos con cielos despejados, pero seguimos con nublados variables. con estas imÁgenes en vivo de san josÉ, le damos paso a nuestra meteorÓloga fernanda ramos garcÉs para saber hasta quÉ punto descenderÁn las temperaturas. buenas tardes. fernanda: buenas tardes para ti y para todos nuestros televidentes. un gusto saludarles la tarde de hoy. algo de precipitaciÓn mÁs temprano durante el dÍa. fÍjese que la pasada hora lo que hemos estado viendo es el ingreso de nubosidad a nuestra zona, asÍ que el cielo se ha mantenido bastante nublado para gran parte de nuestra Área de cobertura. espero que la noche continuÉ asÍ. vea que el termÓmetro ya saliendo de ese rango agradable de los 6

it is solid 60's saying carlos and palo alto each up to 64 south bay. temperatures in the mid 60's with san jose and surrounding cities at 66 you. hey, word in fremont each at 63 while oakland are really comfortable 65 for you. today. also looking at the mid 60's in napa. well, a few upper 50's near the coastline. tomorrow's temperatures pretty much the same as today's will start to cool down into the weekend with temperatures dropping into the upper 50's lots of sunshine for the most part in this forecast. a few clouds come thursday friday and saturday, but no rainfall or snowfall for that matter. along with those clouds right john, thank you for that are let's get a look at your traffic this morning as you're traveling from the east bay into the city to that fremont street exit. >> about 10 minutes for your drive. the air, the san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula. about 13 minutes for you to make that commute heading out of richmond across towards san rafale about a nine-minute drive for use. traffic is still pretty light. and the gol

kron four's will tran live in palo alto with this urgent message for parents will. good morning. >> good morning, james. you see those lights right behind me. the goal is to keep those lights on. they don't want to move the classes from face to face learning, too online, learning believe it's so much better for the kids to get that interaction for their mental health and for their education, which is why on sunday night, the unified school district here in palo alto. they sent it out. get this, james at 9 o'clock on sunday night. and then 12 hours later on monday, at 9 o'clock in the morning, they got at least 300, 60 parents responding saying either they will do it or they're interested in helping out in now. curious to find out what that number is this morning. they are not going to be teachers inside the classrooms. yes, there could be some staffing problems as far as that is concerned. if that's the case, then they will get substitutes inside. and sometimes, james, they even get administrators. they have a teaching background. they can possibly come in and help

also in palo alto. police are looking for a man who they say tried to steal a car with 2 preschoolers inside. it happened by the stanford arboretum children center about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. the children's caregiver had just loaded them into the car and was beginning to drive away when a man stepped in front of the vehicle and he was demanding that she the caregiver give him the car with the children in it frightened the caregiver immediately drove away. police are also asking anyone with information on this to come forward. >> the big story tonight, members of the california democratic party are threatening to pull the party's endorsement from lawmakers who reject a proposal to establish a single pair health care system in the state. the warning comes ahead of an important election year and just days before the bill faces a key vote in the assembly next week, our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala first broke this story earlier today. she explains what it's all about. >> state lawmakers in

we have more and a team effort in palo alto, stephanie. >> reporter: right, so we're talking about nearly 700 parents that signed up to volunteer in just the last 48 hours. some of these parents tell me they're ready to start tomorrow, and others are wondering if kids should just go back to virtual learning. >> yes. i start tomorrow 8:00 a.m. i'll be here with a volunteer vest on. >> reporter: jan wiener will soon be directing traffic in the hallways. she is one of hundreds of parents who signed up to volunteer after getting this message. >> we need your help. >> reporter: the palo alto unified school district superintendent. >> that was a great idea. keep the schools open. >> reporter: the school district like many others in the nation have been dealing with staffing shortages. up to 80 teachers a day. and the positions are going unfilled because there simply aren't enough substitutes. >> the message went out to families. by 9:30, we already had 50, by 9:3 in the morning, 350, and now 760. >> reporter: even assisting substitute teachers when classrooms need to be combined. >> i have so m

a spokesperson for sutter health, which palo alto medical foundation is part of says in a statement. we have increased our overall testing capacity. the palo alto medical foundation doubled appointment availability for covid-19 testing, including licensed retail and community sites and at home antigen tests. and the county council says he'd like to hear from anyone who's tried to get a covid test from their private healthcare provider, which are under orders to provide those types of people. that person subsequently has been turned away. they want to hear from you. we're live in san jose this afternoon. jesse gary ktvu fox two news. we'll check in again in the next hour and we will see you then. jesse, gary. thanks. the white house released new details today on how americans can request free covid tests from the federal government. starting next wednesday. people can go to the website covid tests dot gov and request up to four tests per household at no charge. the white house says the tests will typically ship out within 7 to 12 days. the new government program comes amid high demand

palo alto se ha visto muy afectado por la escasez de maestros y personal.la mayorÍa de los estudiantes son hispanos, hizo un cambio de emergencia esta semana a clases virtuales debido a la falta de personal. dayana garcÍa nos habla no solo de las complicaciones que esto implica para las familias, sino tambiÉn las alternativas y soluciones que ofrece el distrito para que los niÑos no se atrasen en su aÑo escolar. dayana: las puertas de las escuelas hoy estaban cerradas. en la primaria solo habÍa un estudiante. manuel, quien a sus seis aÑos montaba moto para desestresarse, dijo que acababa de salir de su clase en lÍnea. ¿quÉ te gusta mÁs? >> ir a la escuela. es que puedo aprender muchas cosas. >> ¿en el computador es mÁs difÍcil? >> sÍ. a veces me equivoco. dayana: por esta semana el distrito escolar unificado decidiÓ cambiarse a clases virtuales debido al alto nÚmero de personal comprometido por el coronavirus. lo que llevÓ a la decisiÓn de la mesa directiva es la escasez del personal que tenÍamos en las escuelas. no habÍa suficientes maestros para cubrir cl

. >> we're looking at -- well, we're trying to look at 101 in palo alto. there's a lot of fog and it's crept down the peninsula and crept down farther onto the roadway here as we're looking from the rooftop camera, just about university avenue. you see palo alto near the top of the screen, 101, the highlighted yellow is where it's going to be tougher to see through the south bay, 101, 237, down to 85 and parts of 280. watch all along the peninsula and throughout the east bay, many patches. we have no major problems as far as flow goes. there's a crash at the sycamore off ramp. there's a stall near san quentin that does not affect the richmond bridge. back over to you. >> thanks for following that for us, mike. >>> breaking news we're following right now. police activity at a home in san jose, near raging waters. officers have had their weapons drawn. they were seen going into and out of a home starting at about 2:00 in the morning. we've reached out to police and as soon as they give us any details, we'll pass them along to you. >>> a follow-up for you, ci

kpix five, without palo alto unified is hoping to stay open. >> palo alto unified launched one palo alto. it is a call to action to parents so that schools can stay open. they are asking for volunteers. since they want the superintendent said, they have gotten a pretty good response for parents. >> in 20 minutes, we had 50 volunteers. by the next morning, we had 350. today, really, just barely, and datwo, have0. >>pa superident, don, s one of their biggest challenges now is staffing. they are committed to staying open with the help of parents. austin says parents can choose to do like custodial work like emptying trash cans and wiping desks. they can monitor lunch lines and they can help teachers in classrooms. >> a volunteer cannot serve in the substitute role, they can allow us to combine classes and have enough adults to supervise and still provide help. >> austin says they will need to show proof of vaccination and wear a mask. but, they will go through a background check. >> they do not have to go through a background check. they do not need to be fingerprinted because there are not

palo alto medical foundation serves 16% of the population, but only tests 2.4%. williams says report violations online, and they will investigate. >> if you have symptoms or close contact, and you have tried to get access to testing from your healthcare provider, but were told it is not available for a week, or were told to go somewhere else, or were directed to the county health system, those would be violations. those are the kinds of things we would like to hear about. >> we are far from out of the woods. mac dr. cody also addressed the limits on large indoor gatherings that were seen in northbay counties. she said there will be no shutdown like that in the south bay for now. >> our general recommendations, not a mandate, but recommendation to avoid large gatherings. >>> california's positivity rate is now at 22.9%, slightly less than yesterday's 23%. the state added another 119,000 new cases. >>> sonoma county falls under a new ban on mass gatherings. health officials are now urging people to stay home to deal with the omicron surge. as kpix 5's wilson walker

one palo alto to volunteer like never before. we need help in areas many people don't even know exist. it won't be glamorous. many of the essential jobs that occur every day to support your kids aren't glamorous. >> palo alto says volunteers must be vaccinated and can get tested for covid at school testing clinics. the district is calling on parents of students to start the volunteer process before extending the opportunity to nonparents. >>> also new at 11:00, several san francisco covid testing sites will remain closed today. the software outage is keeping six sites operated by a technology company color closed. as we reported this morning, they were also shut down yesterday due to a similar problem. the company says that it will contact those who had appointments over the past two days to discuss alternative testing options. this comes as san francisco mayor london breed is now doubling down on testing requirements for public health care workers in the city. in august, the department of public health issued an order that all p

the undergrads have not yet arrived back to the stanford campus in palo alto, and will not return to in-person classes until next week. first-year phd student monte fisher is back and is looking for the university to reverse its position on booster mandates. >> students should be able to evaluate the evidence on their own, and compare with their own risk tolerance whether or not they should be boosted and make that decision themselves. i thought it was wrong to mandate away that freedom for students. >> reporter: fisher has to vaccine doses and caught covid- 19 over the winter break but he says the university is not weighing the potential risks of the booster to younger people and that the booster is not stopping the transmission of omicron. >> most students are undergrads or graduate students in their 20s or teens. cdc numbers suggest this age cohort is at really low risk of serious illness, and the booster itself comes with some risks, associated, specifically of myocarditis. >> reporter: dr. george rutherford says there risk of myocarditis from the booster is overstated and says i

it's reaching down as far south as palo alto and fremont. caution. >>> fairfield today reaching 64 degrees. we see more changes in our forecast going into the weekend with high winds tomorrow and a bit of a cooldown in the forecast in a few minutes. >>> a tesla driver charged in a deadly accident. >>> your tax dollars are going toward this testing company, but a lot of folks are questioning the accuracy of the results. we investigate the private company that government inspectors say is not properly equipped to handle your covid test. can you see my wall of smiles? when i first started using genesys technology i was kind of embarrased at all the love and attention i got from my customers. people are so moved by how much i understand about them. they start including me in their lives. that's helen and her friends. i arranged a wellness retreat for them. look at those ladies. such wisdom. mmm. but it's really genesys that helps me understand people and what they truly need. i'm just glad i can help. >>> a tesla driver whose vehicle was on auto

kron four's will tran live out there in palo alto to explain. good morning. well. >> good morning, james. the parents, the dropping off their elementary school kids right now and some parents after they drop off the kids. they will go to park because they have the endorsement of the school district. you know, oftentimes, james, you and i are fathers rate. they don't want you on campus a little bit different in palo alto as far as their school district. they want the parents to volunteer. in fact, on sunday night, they sent out an e-mail at 09:00pm and 12 hours later at exactly monday. 09:00am they had 300, 60 responses from parents either saying yes, go ahead and book me for that certain slot or i'm very interested. reason being look at this, james, this is very busy, right? i mean, we're talking about many other school districts going online. but in this case, they want the kids face to face. >> inside inside the classrooms, believing they learn a lot better face to face. let's see if we can talk to some of the parents. mom, can we talk to real quick now? sh

. >>> palo alto police say a pair of burglary suspects were arrested after stealing a device that allowed a victim to track their movements. these two stockton residents, who were 22 and 21 years old were accused of carrying out a string of car break-ins both in and around palo alto on thursday night. >>> one woman called police after her car was burglarized along san antonio road in mountain view. she told officers she was tracking a device that was stolen from her car which allowed her to guide officers to the suspect's car in los altos. the pair was arrested. officers found laptops, backpacks and other electronic devices that had been snatched from at least eight vehicles that same night. meanwhile, in sonoma county, fire crews saved people trapped in a car after a dui crash. this happened on eastside road and old redwood highway in windsor, last night. one person was pulled from the burning car before crews arrived. crews say four people were trapped and had to be extricated from the car. >>> a former pleasanton police officer is now facing murder charges after a dui crash. police say

the line to get a covid test stretched along way until dark at palo alto community testing site. as of today, palawan to public schools have also decided to only allow family members of athletes to attend indoor athletic events. alex all right , emma gas life for us tonight at stanford, emma. thank you. marin county is cutting the quarantine period for k 12 students and county workers who are exposed or infected with the coronavirus down to five days. the county's new guidelines mirror, the cdc, new five day quarantine rule. there is one difference. however marin county health officials recommend people take a covid test five days after the initial quarantine period. if that test comes back positive, the person should remain quarantined another five days. the new guidance applies to everyone, regardless of vaccination status . president biden today addressed the nation on the spread of the omicron variant, so there's no excuse no excuse for anyone being on vaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so we've got to make more progress. the president said ameri

incidents and sent the message that hate is not welcome in palo alto.veloping news, hot embers from a pile burning operation sparked the so-called colorado fire in monterey county. calfire said today, high winds flew the embers into nearby brush, igniting the fire. 700 acres have burned since sunday night. hundreds of people are evacuated and anxious to return home. >> we are just really hoping -- we left animals there. it is going on the fifth day. we are in shock, and this is when you are ready to go. ama: a stretch of highway one remains closed because calfire says there are numerous hazards. essential services were led through to drop off much-needed supplies to businesses offered -- affected by the fire. dan: a castro valley woman has been reunited with her french bulldog after it was stolen at gunpoint. the alameda county sheriffs office shared this video of the reunion that took place tonight. it was so exciting. megan lozano was out walking teedo a couple of weekends ago in castro valley when a group of suspects held her up, taking teedo and her

palo alto, low 60s there. 58 for the marina and 60 in the outer sunset. moving off to marin, napa, sonoma county. 62, mill valley. 63 in clear lake. napa, i have you at 64. tranquil weather tomorrow, really the next couple of days. i wanted to move things ahead towards our snow pack and get the latest on those numbers. we had such an active december, and at least we don't have to feel too guilty about dry weather this week. the numbers are shaping up good. 131% of normal across the northern sierra. central, 132%. southern sierra, 138%. i would like to rainfall on the seven-day forecast, it is just not possible the next seven days. you will see that dry weather trend continuing. so widespread 50s in san francisco coming back by thursday right through the upcoming weekend. we will start it off in the morning in the 40s. across the inland valleys looking at the temperatures dropping once we hit thursday with some fog that could produce some issues once we roll into thursday morning. we will keep those temperatures in the 50s thursday and friday, back up into

through palo alto, we've seen it touching the roadways.s is san jose north 101 picking up the volume just a tad bit. still a little early for that silicon valley commute. we will wake up happily with bertha. >>> thanks, mike. good morning to you. i'm bertha coops from cnbc. wall street set to open higher this morning, stocks selling off into the close yesterday. investors remain cautious about the prospect of higher interest rates. dow falling nearly 1% down for the fourth straight day. the s&p and nasdaq also dropped about 1%. the tech heavy nasdaq is down about 10% from its record high back in november. this morning we are awaiting reports on unemployment, manufacturing and existing home sales. we've gotten earnings already from american airlines which looked pretty good, although they say volumes are expected to continue to be lower than they were back in 2019. pepsi getting into plant based products. the food giant is reportedly teaming up with beyond meat on a plant based jerky. a photo of a sample product says the jerky does not cont

and with this, i can support staff in palo alto.nds on deck to keep the area school districts open, and even the president is sending help vaccination rules or expanding san francisco announcing what that means for big events, while san jose will start to implement one of the state's toughest health mandates, plus, check out this murder, thousands of crows in downtown sunnyvale and they become a burden. good evening, everyone. i'm julie julie haener . i'm andre senior bay area to school districts are in need of assistance to keep classrooms open. so they become car. they've come calling parents in the form of help here. the latest plea for parents coming from berkeley unified the district sent out a request, saying the omicron surge is straining the staff and there was a need for parent helpers for the next 3 to 4 weeks to join testing teams on campuses. meanwhile, pared. volunteers began coming to schools today in parallel to fill the void. ktvu is rob ross shows us how the day white lunchtime at jail, stanford middle school in pal

soluciÓn para la esciaola, debido a que muchos maestros estÁn enfermos en el distrito escolar de palo altosa, sino en las escuelas. las autoridades emitieron una llamada de auxilio, y las auyuda le llegÓ gracias a los padres de sus alumnos. decenas de padres de familia estÁn recorriendo los pasillos de muchas escuelas para ayudarles en su educaciÓn, ayudando entre el receso, en la limpieza y de los salones de clases, y como ayudantes de los maestros cuando las clases deban combinarse debido a la escasez de profesores. >>> ayudando en matemÁticas en lectura. >>> esta escuela pierde alrededor de 80 profesores debido a la pandemia y no tienen sustitutos, aquÍ entran los padres de familia, un programa similar se lleva en cupertino donde muchos padres de familia. >>> los niÑos no dejarÍan de aprender, serÍa el mismo currÍculo. >>> las autoridades de palo alto quieren que continÚen su educaciÓn con contratiempos. juntos mantendremos unidos nuestras escuelas. >>> gracias a la ayuda de los padres y de las escuelas, todos los voluntarios deberÁn presentar su carnet de covid-19 en regra gla. ¿tÚ de

david: in palo alto, david louis, abc 7 news. ama: we like to still talk about rain.aughter] one can dream. sandhya we definitely -- sandhya: we definitely want to talk about it. lack of rain, stagnant air mass and high-pressure overhead creating the hazy skies. visibility to five miles in half moon bay, six miles in santa rosa and that is because we are dealing with a dry pattern. san francisco, the 10th-driest january with 61 hundredths of an inch of rain so far. average is 4.4 inches. when you look at the calendar, the last measurable rain was on january 7. it has been days and we are going to continue with this dry pattern heading into the weekend. high-pressure is diverting all the storms to our north. as we look at the climate prediction center, the wet weather is from the central to eastern u.s. next week. a 30%-40% chance of below-average rainfall in the bay area. high temperatures tomorrow, low to mid 60's, a mild, mainly sunny thursday. as we look at your saturday, comfortable, 50's and 60's. sunday, not a lot of change. monday, we noticed cooling, and look

. >>> en palo alto, centro comunitario de la familia judÍa se uniÓ con un dÍa de buenas acciones, enviar juntaron para ement pa que interalimentos para los que mÁs lo necesitan, voluntarios de richmond que empaquetaron mÁs de 10 mil artÍculos este lunes iniciativa en conmemoraciÓn de dÍa de martÍn luther king. son acciones, celebraciones que wre gano en medio de una acalorada diversiÓn en washington dc por la el derecho al voto. >>> martÍn luther king jr. presionÓ para acta de derecho a voto. y 57 aÑos despuÉs, justo hoy, su familia marchÓ en washington dc contra nuevos mecanismo para su primer el voto. >>> hoy en 2022 derecho a voto estÁ bajo a ataque. dijo la nieta de luther king, ciertos estados, han creado legislaciÓn limitado acceso a voto temprano o aÑadiendo requisitos rigurosos para votar en este retroceso de se pierdan las facilidad a personas a acceder al voto. >>> hay gente que no quiere que este derecho a voto tenga acceso a todos. y por eso, los partidos pelean. proyecto de ley para regular procesos electorales que reverÍi rÍan las restricciones serÍa discutido esta semana p

how the district says those pare the palo alto unified school district is asking parents to volunteer some time. >> as kron four's will tran reports. it's an effort to keep schools open. >> many schools are doing online learning, but in the palo alto school district, they are doing their very best to make sure the schools look just like this full of cars full of teachers and full of students face to face learning. >> and for that to happen, they need volunteers, substitute teachers, of course, because there are teachers out there not showing up because of covid-19 and other things. but the backbone of the education system. they're saying the things that happen behind the scenes like this, tony, over seoul. lot of parents dropping off their kids this morning. a lot of them are doing. you turns and coming back and volunteering not just at this elementary school, but at schools across the palo alto unified school district. they have the support of the parents. they actually got the email from the school district on sunday night at 09:00pm and by 09:00am on monday morning. they had 300, 6

and crowd strike palo alto was up 60% while crowdstrike dropped about 3% tim, either names interestlto, believe it or not, is kind of a value play in the software space, nine times ev to sales. i like crowdstrike what jumps out about the note is they say they have the ability in the near term, and that's kind of a vague term, to grow their installed base ten times relative to other sas players and especially in the security spot, as the firewall refresh cycle is only getting going, the stock is inexpensive to its peers. it is probably 40% cheap to its peers. on a pull back i think you are picking your spots but i think kraut strike deserves the growth >> deirdre, we should note software eating the world was an exciting thing 10, 15 years ago, but now it feels like the exciting places are where it is still changing other sectors i think of john deere with it's t autonomous tractors and stuff like that. i am just curious, i guess it is a well-known story >> yeah, we talk about this all the time, right. software is eating the world, but now you have to be a bit more discerning when eve

good luck to you in palo alto. >> thank you. >> let's move on. a popular oakland restaurant, after struggling with two years of covid like so. restaurants is throwing in the towel. brown sugar kitchen has served its last meal. tonya holland cooks the soul food she grew up but bases it on french cooking. joining us now is chef tonya holland. say it isn't sew. is this really happening? >> yes, it is. we are one of the many casualties of the covid era and the restaurant industry in general. i think one thing everyone has learned during the pandemic is how fragile our hospitality industry is. and we were a startup in this new location for, we have just been open a year when covid started, and we lost our momentum, and it was really lard hard to recover. >> we've seen some 30% to 50% f restaurants have shut down either temporarily or permanently, is that consistent? >> yeah, when i look around downtown there's definitely a lot of empty storefronts. there's some movement, too, there's new places moving in, and the business model is different, more take

another big story, the palo alto unified school district is desperate to have students learn inside the classroom and they're turning to parents to make that happen. they're asking the parents to volunteer kron four's will tran is live in palau to axe to explain what's being done here will. >> many schools are doing online learning, but in the palo alto school district, they are doing their very best to make sure the schools look just like this full of cars full of teachers and full of students face to face learning and for that to happen, they need volunteers, substitute teachers, of course, because there are teachers out there not showing up because of covid-19 and other things. but the backbone of the education system, they're seeing the things that happened behind the scenes like this, tony, over seoul. lot of parents dropping off their kids this morning. a lot of them are doing. you turns and coming back and volunteering not just at this elementary school, but at schools across the palo alto unified school district. they have the support of the parents. they actually got the email

inland spots will see upper 50s near the coastline. 57 in san francisco, 65 in santa rosa and in palo alto, a high of 62 degrees. these temperatures about what we've seen recently. we'll talk more about this and the rest of the forecast coming up. mike, the chp is very efficient. >> yeah, very efficient, especially at this time of morning as we look at the map. not a lot going on for those incident reports. as they pop up -- first of all, you see no slowing on the sensors. the tri-valley, we had south 680 at stone ridge until a few seconds ago. a disabled vehicle just cleared. the interchange itself, all of this portion of alameda county looking good. out of contra costa county, you're almost at speed through the pass. 205 and 580, we'll watch as the fog is not affecting drivers. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 4:32, breaking this morning. pfizer launching a clinical trial for the latest version of its covid vaccine response specifically to the omicron variant. inspect its statement says pfizer says the vaccine does provide a high level of protection from hospitalizations and deat

. >> our max darrow had a front row seat to watch frustration billed as computer problems at palo alto-based color labs shut down san francisco affiliated sites for a second straight day. >> i took a cab to miss and i have to reschedule and come back here tomorrow. >> it has become apparent that during this surge but we need to take a more robust approach to expanding our testing infrastructure. >> city sites are operating at 500 to 900% of capacity right now, shattering previous records, and averaging or than 10,000 tests per day. >> we need all of our private healthcare providers to step up and do your part, and to not just send people to the city resources, but to make sure you are providing resources that the members and city are paying you to provide. >> mayor london breed is now threatening large providers like solder and kaiser with fines if they do not submit weekly proof of providing timely tests to their members and staff. at this point, she says she does not expect any new covid restrictions or school closures. >>> in a few hours, sonoma county will become the first the area to re

the building will be built in palo alto and it will create housing in some parts of san mateo county. it will be completed by 2024. >> a live look at san francisco, the city by the bay. >> which bay, the galveston bay? >> i don't know, i'm a californian. vianey with a look at our temperatures. start out. d ahead. we are going to continue to see the dry weather. we're not forecasting any rain. 65 degrees in san jose this afternoon. 67 in morgan hill. 62 for concord. in through san francisco, 61 degrees and santa rosa in the mid-60s. we'll keep the high pressure dominating in the forecast the next several days keeping us in the mid-60s but waking up to some fog. if you live in the santa rosa, novato or napa area you're seeing limited visibility through parts of the bay area at least for the first half hour of our morning. a quick check of how your traffic is doing. this accident, there is one lane blocking. you can see we're starting to notice some slowing as well because of that earlier crash. a quick look at how your east bay drive times are doing. things have slowed down from 238 to

added to the list sunday, palo alto unified school district superintendent dr don austin, posting on the district website and urgent need for volunteers for us to finally be able to look people in the face and say forget about us closing . we are not going to close. austin says 670 parents so far have registered to volunteer assignment areas include, like custodial work. assisting in covid testing lines outside of schools and serving as classroom assistance. first thought it's like, oh, no, it's happening right like because if they're asking for parent volunteers, that means staff is you know this is sorted sorted of staff. raylene sand. buenaventura helps out during lunch period at addison elementary. i want to support my kids and their education and also the community in general, the kids here, experts say using parents to fill gaps promotes a seamless educational experience. we know that districts were really stretched with staffing, so it is actually not all that surprising. given what we're seeing now in the rising case numbers that this is an approach that some districts are ab

a spokesperson for sutter health, which palo alto medical foundation is part of says in a statement. we have increased our overall testing capacity. the palo alto medical foundation doubled appointment availability for covid-19 testing, including licensed retail and community sites and at home antigen tests, kaiser officials say we object to any suggestion that our frontline healthcare workers are not doing their fair share. we are baffled by the county suggestion. that anyone is holding back. the county council says he'd like to hear from anyone who's tried to get a covid test from their private healthcare provider, which under orders to provide those tests since september of 2020. and have not actually gotten a test they'd like to hear from anyone in that position. we're live in san jose this evening, jesse gary ktvu fox. two news will head back to you up in oakland. jesse. thank you. the unions representing san francisco teachers have reached an agreement with the district on covid safety measures. an extra 10 days of covid sick leave for the remainder of the school year was an es

coming up, how the telescope partially made in palo alto promises quite a history lesson 1 million milesy. >>> coming up on our streaming service, cbs news bay area, the alameda county food bank is incredible need of volunteers. we will hear from the executive director at 8:30. you can watch our stream wherever, whenever, find us on pluto tv and any other platform using the free cbs news app. >>> a breaking news to tell you about, the chp has shut down i- 80 at the bridge. they say it is for law- enforcement activity. in the meantime, you want to avoid that area. >>> meantime tonight, caltrans is seeking solutions for highway 37 before it goes underwater. >> they want your help. celano counties sit just above sea level. flooding has shut it down twice in the last five years. caltrans will hold virtual public hearings tomorrow and next month to take ideas for improvements, raising and reconstructing the highway could cost billions of dollars and force 40 mile detours. there is also talk of adding an express bus lane, a bike path, or extending the smart train to link up with amtrak to the

to palo alto and redwood city. but it's not the only super market chain with low inventory. social media users have been posting empty shelves at trader joes, safeway and target stores among others across the country. a lot of produce was just out like the green onions gone. like the apples that i was looking for weren't there. >> this isn't yet another case of panic buying that we saw in 2020. instead global supply issues, winter weather impacting delivery trucks out east. and record high covid-19 infection haves finally collided. >> because of warehouse shortages, truck driver shortages, companies are either shipping partial orders, or not shipping orders at all. >> i'm wondering if workers that normally tend to those things are out sick. >> one employee who wants to remain anonymous told kpix 5 the entire seafood department has been out sick with covid-19 for weeks. shipments have been sparse and consumer demand is driving up prices. >> the shelves are empty. the workers look very sad and tired. today two groups, the raging gran anies, and vigil for democracy gathered out

they are encouraging that palo alto unified school district do the same thing. all that they can to make sure that the classrooms have the lights on the kids in the classroom, with their masks on. we do know at this particular school classes should begin in about 2 hours from now. and i cannot wait i was thinking about this. i cannot wait to track down some of the possible volunteers and asked them why does it do to why are they doing this? i'm sure is for their kids for other kids, but it's in the spirit of volunteering that i know because you volunteer in the last hour a i will volunteer you. so as soon as you get out work. i'll have to drive down this. harvey is on her way. >> you know, my mom's an educator. i wouldn't mind doing that. i know you said you would do it, but i have little brothers. >> in your twins in that? i'm sure parents are all doing it out of the kindness of their heart. they just want to get their kids back in class. >> i'm cynical. i'm very old. i just look young. my monitor is never volunteer because they could get you in trouble. i hear

still this program is getting national attention in palo alto, rob roth, ktvu fox two news. well hospitals across the country or seeing a surge because of the omicron varied with record numbers of patients. jonathan siri tells us this comes a staffing shortages are making the job of healthcare workers more difficult. as the um micron variant continues to spread across the country. covid hospitalizations are topping a record set last january, hitting 145,000. however many of those patients initially coming into the hospital for unrelated conditions, then testing positive for covid 19 with mild symptoms. it still takes quite a bit of resource is because you think about it. we still have to safeguard our team members, physicians and other patients, while the omicron variant is known to cause milder symptoms in some, it is still hitting the unvaccinated population hard. leaving many hospitals overwhelmed health officials continuing to urge vaccinations and booster shots to help relieve the burden on the health care system. i cannot stress enough the importance of vaccination, in

also 60 in san francisco and the upper 50s for spots like palo alto today, san mateo will see upper 50slivermore, so we are going to settle into this weather pattern. we'll take a look ahead to when we may finally see some rain in the distant forecast. that's coming up and it looks like a very calm start to the roads this morning, mike. >>> it is, kari. last week was very light. i thought we might see more traffic flow this week but with omicron being such a big factor, schools and probably a lot of businesses, as we said, let's get a look at the roadways and we see green centers and may continue to see light traffic. over here, the bay bridge shows a very light volume of traffic with those sparse taillights going into san francisco. it's a clear view, clear drive, the map shows the same for those speed sensors all around the bay, green dominates even out of the altamont pass. it's on the right side. the arrow shows vasco road there, at speed there, typical time out of brentwood and byron, same for highway 4 and 58. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> all right, now accepting cryptocurren

. >> reporter: it's a cold rainy night here at the palo alto transit center. this is also the start of bus route 22. about 10 years ago, we were the first to tell you that homeless people used bus 22 as a way to stay warm and dry, and they still do. this holiday season, we ran into a man who taught us that sometimes life and the universe work in mysterious ways. it has been called hotel 22, where $2.50 will get you a days worth of warmth and shelter. in this particular moment, a bit of humanity as well. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> reporter: why do you always think people when they get on the bus? >> to be a good person. >> reporter: you don't have to do that, you know. >> hopefully it makes them feel good, and it makes me feel a part of it. her back about 40% of the people who ride the 22 overnight are homeless. for them, eric always offers a hello, and says a prayer. >> reporter: tell me what it was like when you first got behind the wheel of the 22. >> it was emotional. because i used to ride the 22 to stay dry. it is just memories, bad memories. >> repor

the second and third phase of the project would extend protection from palo alto, south into mountain view and eventually into sunnyvale and san jose. people here say they would welcome anything that lessens the risk of future flooding. >> i am glad, because it sucks when it floods. you know, you can lose everything. i am glad they are doing it. >> reporter: the water districts, partnering with the corps of engineers on the project, says the current levees provide minimal protection and could not have withstood the looming threat of rising sea levels. >> the existing berms there are not fema certified and they are basically the front of ponds. >> reporter: estimates vary widely, but the project should provide decades of protection to the people and increasingly high-tech businesses that call the area home. >> in action is not an option. taking action now. doing this project is moving forward with construction is important to protecting the community. >> reporter: if everything goes according to plan, the project will be done in roughly 2 years with a completion date in january of 2024

starting tomorrow, the palo alto unified school district will get reinforcements on the front lines of all comes while districts around the bay area are deciding whether to keep kids in class because of the rise in covid cases, we have team coverage on all the questions swirling around school , we begin with ktvu south bay reporter jesse gary, who is live in palo alto, with details, jesse the superintendent tells me the volunteers are needed to keep the schools open. he sees the massive response he's gotten so far as a positive i'm really happy. that we have parents that are willing to help. so i'm thankful to have a community that i know i can reach out to covid pandemic fueled workers shortage has forced businesses and nonprofits into a perpetual help wanted status added to the list sunday, palo alto unified school district superintendent dr don austin, posting on the district website and urgent need for volunteers for us to finally be able to look people in the face and say, forget about us closing. we are not going to close. austin says 670 parents so far have registered to volunte

we thought look, this is going to be the same in palo alto unless we, and we problem solved unless wen between the deputy superintendent and my wife paula, they kind of broke loose and said why aren't we leveraging parents, why aren't we asking parents back to help solve this problem. the next thing you knew, three or four hours, had it roughed out on a white board, called in the principals on saturday, pta presidents on sunday, and the energy was in sstant. >> you had a strong response from parents. i wonder what you're hearing in terms of why they decided to volunteer and get engaged this way. >> well, i think the why was the call to action hit home with them. they've watched our teachers and support staff and administrators work tirelessly for the last two years. there's almost nothing communities value more than their school system. so when they were asked to pitch in, i have parents that told me they've taken off from their jobs. i had a parent tell me yesterday how grateful she was for the opportunity to come to our school to pick up trash in the hallways, wipe down desks, that

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in palo alto, max darrow , kpix 5. >>> oakland unified school district says his testing program called 900 positive cases among staff and students. west contra costa unified will also require staffers to where nicole grade k and 95 masks. in marin county, indoor sports could be played without fans, and schools are being encouraged to avoid holding assemblies. >>> the governor's office tweeted out this video of a warehouse full of at-home covid tests for students. the governor's office says they arrived last night. they are now on their way to school districts across the state. >>> in the bay area, students in the palo alto unified school districts were sent home with testing kits today. plenty of school students were seen carrying them. if you are looking for a co- protester booster shot, we have posted a resource guide on kpix.com. just click the red banner at the top of the homepage. >>> breaking news. in the past 15 minutes, we have learned cal fire is blaming pg&e equipment first sparking the monstrous dixie fire. investigators say a tree made contact with pg&e electrical lines tha

work to expand testing, and sutter health says its capacity is limited by high demand but says the palo alto medical foundation doubled the testing and boosters over the past three weeks. now the county must decide whether to follow san francisco's lead and threatened to find medical providers who don't live up to their testing responsibilities. in san jose, damien trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> well, not just getting a test but how legit is your testing site? our investigative unit has been asking a lot of questions this week and today we're getting some answers. one company is temporarily closing its sites. nbc bay area, various patients and regulators are all raising serious questions about a specific company. we bring in our consumer investigator chris chmura and what do we know? >> we're talking about the company called center for covid control. the name might sound like a government agency but it's not. there's three bay area sites in san jose, mountainview and sam ramon where we have seen really long lines of people. well, today the company said it is closing down operations nationw

a case of vandalism at an elementary school in palo alto may be a hate crime.t is what investigators say tonight. over the weekend, someone wrote a racial facet directed at black people on a sign outside the elementary school. school has removed that sign. last month, church leaders in palo alto held a discussion about recent racist attacks and other hate incidents and sent the message t devoping news, hos ae burning operation n monterey county.led col 700cres he burned sincers int nt sunday night. hundreds of people are evacuated and anxious to return home. >> we are just really hoping -- we left animals there. it is going on the fifth day. we are in shock, and this is when you are ready to go. ama: a stretch of highway one remains closed because calfire says there are numerous hazards. essential services were led through to drop off much-needed supplies to businesses offered -- affected by the fire. dan: a castro valley woman has been reunited with her french bulldog after it was stolen at gunpoint. the alameda county sheriffs office shared this video of the