"today in the bay's" sergio quintana explains. >> backpacks full of school supplies. volunteers sponsored by the pa trar yoe hill house and amazon provided splice for the first day of class. incoming fifth grader juan cruz is looking forward to it. >> i'm excited because i get to see my friends and teachers. >> at alvarado elementary school, a district story for matthew lowenstein? >> are you excited for school tomorrow? >> probably not. >> for many parents, the worry wasn't about supplies but staffing. >> i know the district is scrambling for teachers. there's been soch issues there trying to fill spots. >> reporter: a couple weeks ago the san francisco unified school district put out an advisory they were short about 100 teachers. a spokesperson says thanks to recruiting and reassigning of essential personnel, they will have every classroom staffed on the first day of school. >> that doesn't mean they filled every vacancy. many of the classrooms are being filled by staff who are normally in leadership and curriculum roles. they are certified teachers who will be tem

here's nbc bay area's sergio quintana in san francisco. >> reporter: what was intended to be an emergency effort to allow people to dine or shop outdoors during the height of the covid-19 pandemic has now become a regular extension of some business footprints. >> i thinks it makes the city more alive and more vibrant. i'd like to try to hang on to as many parklets as possible. >> reporter: about 1,700 parklets popped up during the pandemic. but next april, the emergency parklet rules expire, and the city's new ordinance rules kick in. >> it could require some business owners to make significant modifications to their existing parklets. san francisco small business commission president sharkey la ghana says some compromises had to be made with the fire department and other agencies if these structures are here to say. >> parklets have to be cut back three feet on each side. so if your parklet occupies an entire parking space, then it will need to be three feet shorter on each side. so it's six feet shorter. >> reporter: for businesses that make more than $2 million in annual revenue, the f

as nbc bay area sergio quintana explains, the workers say the pandemic is one of the reasons they actually decided to vote. >> reporter: this starbucks store in the castro used to be one of the busiest coffee shops in the neighborhood. but since the pandemic, lots of things have changed. >> for our store specifically, we actually had a store closure for four months. and during that time we did not feel supported by our leadership at all. >> reporter: when they returned to work, he claims the lack of support from the company continued, so they began looking to a growing group of employees across the country. employees from about 210 of the company's 9,000 coffee shops have now voted to unionize one at a time. and for the workers at this store, it's important that they are the first in san francisco to do so. >> we are actually the 15th in california. we're the first in san francisco. so that feels really good to be able to kind of the castro's queer identity on the map, on the forefront. >> reporter: so far the starbucks workers who voted to unionize the store say they've been getting plent

here is nbc bay area sergio quintana in san francisco. >> reporter: some people lined up at 5:00 a.m. to get their monkeypox shot at the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital vaccine clinic. it had been closed for nearly a week because it ran out of shots. but the city got more than 10,000 doses from the state, the biggest amount so far since the outbreak began. among those who got their first full dose is jay. he just read about the idea to give a smaller dose instead. >> i'm a little bit concerned, yeah. >> today the department of health and human services javier xavier becerra granted. the smaller dose just under the skin could be enough to trigger an immune response and could help stretch the limited supply of the monkeypox vaccine. >> many epidemiologists believe intradermal right under the surface of the skin can also elicit a very strong immune response, and you don't have to use as much. that's why you can get five for the price of one. >> reporter: this strategy has been used before to control a yellow fever outbreak when there were limited vaccines available. but it hasn

sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> the bay area may soon have a safe and legal place for people to do drugs. sb 57 legalizes overdose prevention programs or safe consumption sites, and it's one step away from becoming law, sitting on governor newsom's desk. local leaders gathered to send a strong message of support to the governor. it would provide sterile needles and a safe place to do drugs, makes the case that the sites will save lives, prevent the spread of needles and drug use on public streets, and it will save money. if signed into law, the pilot sites will run for five years in san francisco, oakland and los angeles. >> the drug use, the addiction are a health issue, not a criminal issue. we know that. and yet there is always this knee-jerk reaction of no, no, no, we can't, quote, enable people to use drugs. >> these are pilot sites. this will allow us to try something, study it. and to test it before it is expanded to other jurisdictions. >> opponents to the bill say the sites enable dangerous and illegal activity. >>> we're following some developing news. vi

sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> oakland voters can have a say on whether the city should let noncitizens cast ballots in its school board elections. a judge made that ruling today. november ballot measure would let noncitizen parents vote for school board candidates. that means roughly 13,000 more parents would be eligible to vote councilmembers who support the measure say all parents of kids in oakland unified should have a say who runs the schools. the measure says noncitizens, including legal residents and undocumented immigrants make up 14% of oakland's population and that they currently lack representation. >>> a heatwave son the way, and tonight there are new concerns the unprecedented algae bloom that killed thousands of fish across the bay could get worse. those who are tracking these blooms say this is becoming an ever bigger problem. here is nbc bay area's jodi hernandez. >> reporter: this is the scene folks up and down the san francisco bay have been witnessing for past two weeks as a harmful algae bloom has taken off. >> i'm extremely concerned for this. this is c

nbc bay area sergio quintana was there as the woman and her high profile attorney announced a civil rights suit today. >> reporter: at a news conference outside chase center, abortion rights activist careen mcknight says she was surprised how chase center security acted to her civil disobedience during game five of the nba finals. this is video her legal team share to have had incident. she was even more surprised when she says a san francisco police sergeant outside the arena told her she'd be sedated if she didn't comply with orders. >> while i was on the ground, handcuffed in front of the emergency vehicle, one of the firefighters came with a needle towards me. >> reporter: this is video mcknight recorded inside a san francisco fire department ambulance as she was being transported to a local hospital. >> it was completely understand necessary to do that. >> reporter: beer blurring the face of the paramedic because no specific fire department employee is named in the lawsuit. according to the medical records mcknight showed us today, the firefighters injected her with five milligrams of

at san mateo superior court, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> sergio, thank you. >>> a fight that started on a gym's basketball court may be to blame for a deadly shooting. shooting took place just before 2:00 in the morning at the 24-hour fitness in brentwood off lonetree way. a fight took place in or around the basketball courts and continue good the parking lot. and at that point, two people opened fire, killing one person and injuring three others. as you can imagine, it was stunning news for those arriving for a morning workout. >> usually it's none of my business. usually around here, i see people minding their business, doing their workouts, doing it themselves, basically. i don't know. like i keep saying, it's just crazy. i just came here to work out. >> police say two people have been detained. they believe this was an isolated incident. if you have any information you are asked to contact police. >>> all right. coming up, gas prices you may have notice ready still creeping down across the country. and california is no longer taking the lead for the most expensive ghast.

sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> tense moments today on a san diego freeway. a plane crashed and then landed right on to the city street. it happened on interstate 8 in el cajon not far from san diego state university. the chp says the plane crashed on a railing on the freeway, then came to a stop underneath the freeway on the city streets there. at that overpass. the 65-year-old pilot was the only person on board. he was badly hurt but is expected to survive. the plane did hit a car, but everyone inside that car thankfully was okay. no word on what caused this crash. >>> banned by two social media giants. a website led by a name in famous names in politics. robert f. kennedy. both instagram and facebook suspended children's defense from their platforms because of misinformation. kennedy's nonprofit is regularly criticized by public health advocates for misleading claims about vaccines and the covid pandemic. the organization compared facebook's actions to government censorship. >>> extreme heat and drought is gripping much of the country right now. 75% of the

in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> obviously a lot of things are changing and a lot of moving parts when it comes to the monkeypox. we're going to continue to follow all the new information and all the policies for latest on the cases, the symptoms, the vaccines, and any other potential treatments, visit nbcbayarea.com/monkeypox. >>> as bay area students return to class, monkeypox is adding to parent's worries this year. monkeypox can be spread through close personal skin-to-skin contact as well as touching objects, fabric and surfaces that have been used by someone with monkeypox. we asked dr. peter chin-hong who says doctors are not concerned at this point. >> i think we are most worried about kids with monkeypox if they also are with someone who has been diagnosed with monkeypox. in that setting, you definitely want to have separate utensils and bedding and towels and treat it the same way like covid. >> as for covid, with many schools not requiring masks anymore, dr. peters says families should consider their risk factors. for example, if a child is immunocom

but as nbc bay area sergio quintana explains on this back to school eve, the district says it's found a solution. >> reporter: backpacks filled with school supplies. volunteers at this giveaway sponsors by the potrero hill neighborhood house and amazon provided the essentials students will need for the first day of class. incoming fifth grader juan cruz says he is looking forward to it. >> i'm excited because all my friends, my teachers, and all the people in school. >> reporter: at alvarado elementary school in noe valley, it's a different story for matthew loewenstein. are you excited for school tomorrow? >> probably not. >> reporter: for many parents, the worry isn't supplies but staffing. >> i know the district is scrambling for teachers. so there has been some issues there trying to fill spots. >> reporter: a couple of weeks ago, the san francisco unified school district did put out an advisory that they were short about 100 teachers. but a spokesperson for the district now says that thanks to recruiting and reassigning of credentialed personnel. that will have every classroom st

. >> joining us now is sergio quintana who's in san francisco at this meeting. you just got out of that meeting. a lot of tension and seems some what chaotic. what's happening there right now? >> yeah it was a little chaotic. probably a month or so ago. that's when some of the public comments are still going on. right now the commissioner is actually speaking. she's actually apologizing for some of the comments she made. she just started speaking now as this portion of this meeting went to commissioner's comments. so right now people are listening to some of her apology she had basically said she hopes she can return from this and continue on. >> why did they stop that meeting about an hour ago. now that they're back in, what are the possible outcomes here? >> they stopped the meeting because there was a shouting match that started between the different groups. there's some people who support her and some people who are calling for her to not just be reprimanded but also resign. at one point there was pretty harsh words exchanged between the two groups. instead

i am sergio quintana. >> thank you, sergio. we will have full coverage for you throughout the evening. >>> a case involving a deadly beating back in 2015. an appeals court has reversed the murder convictions for three former santa clarita county sheriff deputies. they are now facing sentences of 15 years to life for the second-degree murder of inmate michael to read. he was awaiting a transfer to a residential treatment center for mental illness. the courtroom reversed the convictions because they were based on a legal theory that is no longer california law. that theory stated that a jury could find all three deputies guilty without deciding which one actually killed tyree. deputies are still in state prison. no word from the di on whether he will retry the case. if he did, he would have to retry the officer separately. >>> house speaker nancy losey defied china last night with the delegation and landed in taiwan. this is the speaker's plane landing in taiwan with delegations as the visit honors america's unwavering commitment

reporting live in san francisco, i am sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> a lot going on tonight, we will keep you on our 7:00 newscast for some updates. thank you. >>> a new kind of covid vaccine in the bay area. santa clara county started giving out the nova back shots. federal regulators just approved this vaccine last month. unlike the other vaccines, this one uses protein-based ingredients to develop immunity. it could serve as an alternative for a lot of people who may have an allergic reaction to the other vaccines. the county started offering shots for adults and all of its vaccine sites. beefing up the response to the monkeypox, president biden took action today. comes a day after california declared a health emergency here. what the president did isn't quite what a lot of bay area health leaders were hoping for. >> president joe biden announcing today two federal officials will lead the nation's response to monkeypox. ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. peter chin hong says it is not enough. >> i am very surprised that the feds issued a national, you know, public heal