scotland's education- secretary, shirley and somerville, said pupils — secretary, shirley and somervilleed a very strong — said pupils had delivered a very strong set _ said pupils had delivered a very strong set of _ said pupils had delivered a very strong set of results. _ said pupils had delivered a very strong set of results.— said pupils had delivered a very strong set of results. thank you very much _ strong set of results. thank you very much alexandra _ strong set of results. thank you very much alexandra and - strong set of results. thank you | very much alexandra and before strong set of results. thank you - very much alexandra and before that chris, and before chris it was whewell. and a little later we'll talk live to the boss of ucas, which oversees applications to uk universities. a woman from the us has filed a civil lawsuit in new york, accusing prince andrew of sexual abuse. in a statement, virginia roberts giuffre claims she was trafficked to the prince by the convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein, when she was 17. the duke of york has consistently denied the allegations.

well, frank somerville union leaders tell me that they are already. investigating whether some of these cases might have been misunderstandings or people who were on vacation and just missed the notice. um, so for those cases, they said, yes, they might be able to go back. talk with the department has and get those repealed. jana katsuyama live for us tonight, janet. thank you. well the chair of ucsf's department of medicine has some encouraging words about the spread of the virus in the city. dr bob walker tweeted that san francisco has quote. clearly turned the corner. on the latest surge, he said cases per day are down to 192 from a peak of 289 last month, and that hospitalizations are now stable. he urged san franciscans to keep it up. i knew at 11 tonight, apple has again push back the date for employees to return to its offices. apple plan to bring back workers in october, but company officials now say due to the recent surge in coronavirus cases, employees will not be expected to return until january. at the earliest when employees do finally c

good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener. the crash happened around one this afternoon in the area of east cyprus road in oakley. near a middle and elementary school. the schools had been dismissed early ktvu deborah villalon joins us now live with the latest developments deb julie this crossing is not even a half mile from the campuses and traffic backups here have been a concern even before today's tragedy. lorraine no. leon and her two daughters brought a bouquet to lay at a train crossing where a child died, knowing that it was when kids got off school, you knew that it was gonna involve someone from the school, either a parent or a child from sky fox. the scene wednesday just before one, a freight train slammed into a few vehicles and flipped one. a 12 year old boy in the passenger seat died at the scene the 19 year old driver said to be his sister was airlifted with critical injuries. the train went through and then all of sudden i just heard a big crunch other drivers were waiting behind the cars when it happened i loo

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville. the hit and run happened just before six o'clock last night near bacon and dorin drives in the montclair neighborhood of oakland. ktvu is as a smith is here now and azenith smith. fortunately the man who was hit is okay. yes frank. he is physically ok. he did not need to go to the hospital. he says he may have blacked out initially in shock. all of the victims can't believe it turned violent so fast a warning this video is hard to watch. well actually got hit by the car. almost it was disoriented and i it was like, probably like a 32nd pause. joseph flax of pleasanton is the man captured in this video being hit by a car in the oakland hills emotionally, i'm like a rock place and seeing that, like, you know, i get serious about it and, you know. thank god i mean, he had murderous intent. the initial altercation happened just before six sunday night. joseph says he was coming up on a blind turn near gurban and the montclair neighborhood when he says the driver of a chevy bolt came speed

i'm frank somerville and i'm claudine wang in for julie julie haener. we begin tonight with the rush to evacuate thousands of people from afghanistan. new images surfacing tonight show large crowds to huddling in the dark as they wait for permission to board planes to get out. kabul's airport, one of the only routes out of the country, has seen days of chaos since the taliban entered the capital city and great britain's royal air force is giving us another idea of what it's like once people get onto a plan. this picture shows hundreds of evacuates packed onto a c 17. we know of at least one medical emergency that happened during a u. s flight pregnant woman started having complications when the plane arrived to a u. s air base in germany. medical crews rushed onto the plane to deliver the baby and save the mother's life. fox news jackie heinrich shows us what the white house hopes will speed up the overall evacuation process. some big operational updates out of the president's address, he said. the u. s military has increased the safe zone around the ka

good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener. sonoma county wants 70% of eligible students vaccinated as soon as possible. ktvu deborah villalon joins us now live and deb accion clinic tonight got them closer to that goal. yeah julie about 80 shots in three hours and aimed at the latin x community with proportionately the most disease and the lowest vaccination rates. that's what i hear. let's get ready for school, a major push in the roseland district of santa rosa lunch tables as vaccination tables on this eve of a new school year. for two weeks, clinics have been an overdrive with about 55% of sonoma counties. eligible students vaccinated. the goal is to reach 70 before school starts, and i don't know if we're going to reach that goal. it was quite a lofty goal, but we're trying real hard to get their 12 year old olivia hates needles. mhm. how. uh oh, baby, get over, but said it was worth it. it was getting serious. i'm like people are dying and just sing families being sad that they lost someone over this disease. what will h

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville. the fire is burning along both sides of highway 50 and has made its way now to echo summit tonight it reached the christmas valley area south of myers. in total, the fire has burned more than 186,000 acres, and it's just 15% contained. also tonight, cal fire announced new evacuation warnings people in douglas county, nevada, are now being told to prepare to leave. evacuation warnings include parts of the state line and into nevada. earlier today, thousands of people left south lake tahoe highway 50 was bumper to bumper as people left their homes to get out of the fire's path. the area had been under a warning. but today, evacuations became mandatory after flames spread over the weekend tonight, governor newsom announced a new state of emergency for alpine, amador and plaster counties due to the cal door fire. he previously issued a state of emergency for el dorado county and the california national guard has been called in to assist the chp and help manage traffic control. traffic con

was the deadliest day for us forces in afghanistan since 2011 good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener officials warned. the death toll could rise as more attacks are expected isis k is a known enemy of the taliban and the united states and is claiming responsibility the president has vowed to go after them while also promising to get americans and afghan allies out of afghanistan by next tuesday. ktvu is as a smith has been monitoring the latest developments and is in what's called little kabul in fremont tonight with more azenith smith president said today america will not be intimidated and plans to strike back security has been tightened at the kabul airport as the president calls on troops to remain steadfast to the mission at the white house flags lowered at half staff thursday evening after two suicide bombers attacked crowds at kabul airport. killing dozens of afghans and at least a dozen u. s troops these american service members who gave their lives to overuse word but it's totally appropriate here we're heroes the united nations general secretary o

businesses and government offices to implement vaccine mandates good evening everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie. we begin tonight with an intensifying push for vaccine and mask mandates at least two city councils here in the bay area will discuss tomorrow. the possibility of implementing vaccine mandates some cities already have those men. dates and place at the same time, another city in the bay area is going to take on the issue of whether to move forward with a mask mandate that city is the only is in the only barea county that doesn't have a mask mandate right now, public and private sectors are already taking action after the fda granted full approval today of the pfizer vaccine ktvu is deborah villalon is live in the north bear with a look at what people should expect next in this debate. deborah, well, frank in the bay area and across the country these mandates are moving forward policy makers are emboldened by fighters full approval scores want to see a shark's game better get your shots san jose city council is poised to vote tomorrow to requ

good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener.or the public's help in finding that woman who was pictured feeding the animals. ktvu is andre senior is on bernal hill, and he joins us now live with more on the story, andre well, julie. what animal care control says this one is causing his era public safety, right? they say she may think she is helping these coyotes, but that these cairo's actually do not need her hand out. you won't find many people walking around bernal hill in san francisco, surprised to come across a coyote every once in a while signs of learning visitors. two of them can be found everywhere here. we even spotted one while working on this story. how often do you see them on your when you're on pretty much every day, but what some did find surprising is this a woman feeding a platter of raw meat to coyotes that roam the park? a move left one man struggling to find the words to make sense of it. do we need to do that? i think i mean, can't they? it doesn't seem like we need to be feeding them san francisco animal

good evening, everyone and heather holmes in tonight for julie, and i'm frank somerville. the cash fire started this afternoon in lake county near the towns of clear lake and lower lake. so far, the fire has burned 80 acres and his 20% contained. it's small compared to the other wildfires we've seen, but it didn't take long to do a lot of damage. as you can see the fire leveled mobile mobile home park. one person was burned and taken to the hospital for treatment. we have live team coverage of this fire tonight, our chief meteorologist bill martin, will tell us about the smoke that's coming now to the bay area. ktvu amberleigh is live in clear lake force tonight after speaking to evacuees waiting now to go home. but first we go to ktvu deborah villalon with a close look at the destruction that this fire caused. deb heather. it was actually two mobile home parks side by side, but the cache creek estates took the biggest hit row upon row of units destroyed some people barely making it out in time. it's totally wiped out. everything is gone out of their people near the traile

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville.h preparations for a new school year, right in the middle of a surge of coronavirus cases. oakland and lafayette school. start tomorrow. then on tuesday, students in san ramon valley returned to class. on thursday, unified school districtiablo- returned to class. all of this comes at a time when coronavirus us infections are rising among children. ktvu xem agus is in oakland tonight after talking with parents at a school board member about their concerns. emma frank in oakland. parents and their kids tell me that they're afraid of having a covid outbreak at their schools and the district five school war director says that among oakland's public schools. safety protocols need to improve being the virus is there and the case is rising, you know, as parents were kind of worried, alfonso ramirez says it was a nerve racking decision. but come monday, bolt, his son and daughter will be back in their oakland classrooms

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville.e officers are not allowed on the district campuses during school hours, and some parents say they want schools free of police at all times. ktvu zaza smith is in san jose tonight, with more on the heated debate this evening as myth. frank a majority of the people who spoke tonight did not want police at all on school grounds. other families worry about their children's safety. you three voted no

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville. the school says that they want to minimize the spread of the coronavirus before the fall quarter begins next month in person. ktvu is as a smith is at stanford gauging reaction from students azenith smith. well frank. most students here on campus say the testing a requirement makes sense. they say they will wear a mask. get vaccinated, get tested so they can physically be here on campus and classes won't go back to being virtual. yeah but i'm vaccinated. i software mask like that's worse. in my opinion, stanford sophomore caroline ca healy is voluntarily testing weekly to make sure her allergy symptoms aren't covid-19. so, basically, you get these like little baggies. these are the testing kits stanford provides. students can pick them up on campus self test and then put them in drop boxes at stanford results come back in a day, she says. the process is simple. i also think like it's a good thing. if we know whether or not these vaccines are really working concerns over the delta vari

i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener we already know of at least one death tied to the storm a man in a baton rouge suburb died when a tree fell onto her home. hurricane ida slammed into louisiana's coast this morning as a category four storm images coming to us from grand i'll give you an idea of the force of ida storm surge grand isle sits directly on louisiana's coast just miles from where ida made landfall emergency managers describe the surge at this. location as unsurvivable surges a problem along more than just louisiana's southern coast these pictures from st bernard parrish give you an idea of how i'd have pushed water into the city of delacroix that's a low lying area that's. east of new orleans and in new orleans ida has taken a toll with heavy wind and rain cameras captured images of debris flying around the french quarter of the afterr coverage tonight she tells us that a million people are without power in the area, including all of new orleans. hurricane ida was so strong when it made landfall and actually made the mississippi river flow in reverse right now, t

i'm frank somerville and i'm heather holmes in tonight again for julie. homes have been lost just north and canyon dam that fire has burned more than 564 square miles. in both flummox and view counties. authorities say four people are now missing and that more homes have been lost to this huge and stubborn fire. this video comes from the tiny town of canyon dam, which is at the southern end of lake al man

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville.t comes as the cal door fire continues to burn out of control in el dorado county. the cal door fire exploded in size today. this morning, it was 8000 acres tonight. it's at 30,000 acres and is still 0% contained and this serious. there's serious concerned that it will get even larger overnight because of the strong winds hitting the area. the fire continues to move northeast, prompting the sheriff to order new mandatory evacuations for much of pollock pines tonight, including areas north of highway 50. tonight is more

i'm frank somerville and i'm heather holmes in tonight again for julie. here's what current conditions look like right now and as you can see, most of the bay area is in yellow, indicating moderate air quality, but that is expected to get worse throughout the night and into tomorrow live coverage now from kate abuse azenith smith in san jose, after talking to a doctor about the potential health impacts here, as in it. well heather officials saw a few hours of unhealthy air for sensitive groups and the santa pablo area today, they say tomorrow it will be more widespread energy people to take precaution. there's just a tremendous amount of smoke. that's up above us at high levels from communications hill in san jose thursday cloudy skies as wildfire smoke spreads throughout the bay area. it's a little bit alarming. i feel like it's been like this for a couple of days. yeah, actually makes my eyes a little bit teary. i'm very sensitive to the air quality. you feel in your throat a little bit, and it kind of stinks. but this this life in the bay, i guess most

good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener. we begin tonight with a rapidly changing political environment, which has us troops now using helicopters to get americans in afghanistan to safety. new images from the airport in kabul give you an idea of how desperate people are to get out of the country, u. s officials say the evacuation of the american embassy in kabul has been completed commercial flights at the airport have been suspended. all of this follows images circulating around the globe showing taliban fighters inside afghanistan's presidential palace. they promise afghanistan will soon be called. the islamic emirate of afghanistan. they spoke from president ashraf ghani's desk and just hours before that cameras captured images of president ghani at that same desk, fox news tray yanks tells us the president fled the country today to an unknown location. the taliban is now in control of afghanistan's capital of kabul. we've also confirmed with us officials that afghan president ashraf ghani fled the country along with a n

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville the new rule requires that all visitors and staff show proof that they're vaccinated when they go to large events at city owned buildings including the s a p center kate abuse, as smith has been monitoring the vote all evening as if it was a wild day there at city hall in santa croce in san jose, yes indeed, frank, very chaotic. but in the end city leaders voted to approve it. protesters they came out in force during the meeting before the meeting their mantra today was my body my choice no mandates no dangerous vaccines outside san jose city hall. opponents of the mayor's proposed vaccine mandate came out in droves taking their frustration inside city hall chambers most refusing to wear masks. what. inside the chambers chaos unfolded as chance of a recall erupted the mayor and city council retreated to safety as police escorted the crowd out of the building audience capacity was capped to a few dozen i certainly appreciate and understand that people are frustrated. we're all frustrated this pandemic has gone on so long the mayor's mandat

good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie. a number of high profile candidates were missing from tonight's debate, including caitlyn, jenner and larry elder and governor gavin newsom himself gave to be political reporter greg leave begins our coverage tonight of the debate with more on what the four candidates had to say. hello. good evening. the goals for these four republican candidates make their case to recall. governor newsom man introduce themselves to voters keep in mind. there are 46 candidates of all political stripes on this replacement ballot. polls show this race is tightening and voters will get their mail in ballots in just two weeks. and recall candidates and republicans john cox, kevin faulconer, kevin kiley and doug oc took the stage in orange county, introducing their plans and taking shots at governor newsom. it's about a leader that understands you can't politicize every single thing like you gavin newsom wants to do. he's not doing the job using bright lights and cash giveaways and state control as a mirag

and i frank somerville today. president biden called the pictures coming out of kabul. quote gut wrenching. this is what it looked like on one of the military flights that made it out of kabul today. defense one dot com posted the picture. this is a c 17, and you can see that it is packed with 640 inside. there are also reports that many of them climbed on board at the last minute before the military could close the cargo ramp. other people weren't so lucky they tried to climb onto the outside of the planes as they were taking off. and sadly, we saw video today of at least two people falling to their deaths shortly after takeoff following the chaos that unfolded at the kabul airport, the pentagon now expects to wrap up its oversight of evacuations by august 31st. that's also the day the white house is set for officially ending the u. s combat role in afghanistan. but tonight thousands of people remain at the airport. afghanistan's former president hamid karzai hopes posting a plea on social media will help to calm his people in the post. he's standing next to his daught

only wait and hope that their loved buns will also be evacuated hello again, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener today president biden said he is holding firm on that deadline of august 31st to withdraw u s. troops from afghanistan one week from today the u. s has ramped up its airlift operations. and officials say more than 21,000 people have been evacuated in the past 24 hours the pentagon says it can get all americans out by next tuesday and president biden said that extending the deadline would risk the lives of u. s troops. the sooner we can finish, the better. each day of operations brings added risks or troops. but the completion by august 31st depends upon the taliban continuing to cooperate. still president biden has asked the pentagon to draw up contingency plans if more time is needed the bay area man is back home after evacuated from afghanistan ktvu is amber lee is here tonight from san leandro with his story amber frank the man tells me he's relieved to be back home here in san leandro, but that he cannot rest, he says. he's doing everything he can to try

i'm claudine wang in for julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville. we begin tonight. with that ted situation at kabul's airport. germany's military says a firefight broke out at the airports northgate between afghan security forces an unknown attackers in a tweet, the german military indicated one afghan security officer was. killed and another three were wounded. tonight new images show large crowds huddling in the dark as they wait for permission to board planes to get out. kabul's airport is one of the only routes out of the country and has seen days of chaos since the taliban entered the capital city and great britain's royal air force gives us another idea of what it's like once people get on a plane. this picture shows hundreds of evacuees packed on a c 17. we know of at least one medical emergency that happened during a u. s flight. a pregnant woman started having complications when the plane arrived to a u. s air base in germany. metal crew. medical crews rushed onto the plane to deliver the baby and save the mother's life. fox news is jackie heinrich shows us

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville. we begin tonight. with that rapidly changing political environment, which has us troops using helicopters to try to get americans in afghanistan to safety images from the airport in kabul today give you an idea of just how desperate people are to get out of that country, u. s officials say the evacuate of the american embassy in kabul has been completed, but commercial flights at the airport have been suspended. all of this follows images circulating around the globe showing taliban fighters inside afghanistan's presidential palace. they promised that afghanistan will soon be called the islamic emirate of afghanistan. they spoke from president ashraf ghani, his desk just hours before that cameras captured images of president ghani at that same desk tray inks reports. the president fled the country today to an unknown location. the taliban is now in control of afghanistan's capital of kabul. we've also confirmed with us officials that afghan president ashraf ghani fled the country along with a number of

good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville. julie is off. we begin with major developments overseas in afghanistan, where the taliban is now in control of the capital city of kabul. this video was released today via al jazeera. it shows taliban militants taking control of the presidential palace, afghanistan's president fled this morning and right. now his whereabouts are unknown, and none of them an anonymous official with the taliban said there will soon they will soon declare the country to be called the islamic emirate of afghanistan that was afghanistan's former name before the u. s military force the taliban from control after the september 11th attacks almost 20 years ago. the taliban overran most of the country must much faster than had been expected. now the u. s military is in the process of evacuating american citizens and others. fox news trade against is in jerusalem tonight with our report. the taliban is now in control of afghanistan's capital of kabul. we've also confirmed with us officials that afghan president ashraf ghani

from afghanistan will also continue hello again everyone i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville the u s. is warning that more terror attacks are likely ktvu is as is smith is monitoring the latest developments she's in little kabul in fremont tonight as death well frank security has been tightened at kabul airport and the president today said in the last 12 hours 7000 people have gotten out of afghanistan. the mission can continues despite fears of more attacks at the white house flags lowered at half staff thursday evening after two suicide bombers attacked crowds at kabul airport killing dozens of afghans and at least a dozen u s troops these american service members who gave their lives so overused word but it's totally appropriate they were heroes, the united nations general secretary offering his condolences i'd like. to express in the strongest possible way my total condemnation about the horrific terrorist attack. victims arriving at a hospital in kabul after an explosion near the airport entrance and another at a hotel outside the airport the assault, disrupting the fina

i'm frank somerville and i'm heather holmes in tonight again for julie. just one day after that blaze tore through greenville. more homes have been lost just north and canyon dam that fire has burned more than 564 square miles. in both flummox and view counties. authorities say four people are now missing and that more homes have been lost to this huge and stubborn fire. this video comes from the tiny town of canyon dam, which is at the southern end of lake al manure that's just north of greenville, another small town that was gutted by the fire just last night. the wind has shifted from where it was yesterday. so that now the fires starting to burn in a different direction, which is presenting another challenge for our firefighters out there and. down in the valley, where i was most of the day we had some very, very impressive been scary looking about pira cumulus that so many people have been talking about now. a fire destroyed much of greenville back in 18 81, but was quickly rebuilt with 500 people living there a year later, now about 800 people call

everyone i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville the district already mandated cutting water by water use by 15% but now they say, that may not be enough ktvu xas a smith is live from san jose with more on the push to conserve as myth well, frank frank and julie this healthy residents i spoke with say they are all praying for rain that did not realize the levels were this low and they are now looking at ways new ways to conserve water. at lexington reservoir in los guerreros visitors are used to seeing much more water i think it's real loud about the lost i've seen boy i sure hope we got a lot of rain this winter the good rain year. this should be at least a third more in their new photos from the santa clara valley water district shows in 2017 the lexington reservoir was at 99% capacity this month is that 23% side by side comparisons of all. 10 reservoirs in santa clara county pin a stark difference from four years ago to now, water officials say the current water supply needed to replenish the region's groundwater system is dire if we have a bad winter, that means not a lot

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville. it comes as the cal door fire continues to burn out of control in el dorado county. the cal door fire exploded in size today. this morning, it was 8000 acres tonight. it's at 30,000 acres and is still 0% contained and this serious. there's serious concerned that it will get even larger overnight because of the strong winds hitting the area. the fire continues to move northeast, prompting the sheriff to order new mandatory evacuations for much of pollock pines tonight, including areas north of highway 50. tonight is more of getting additional resources then, uh, we're continuing to get resources throughout the night. we're pushing those resources out to the fire getting them in and around those structures. big thing is obviously no additional structure loss. the fire started saturday night in the area of omo ranch, almost 60 miles from sacramento and has now burned again some 30,000 acres, officials say to people who were seriously hurt in the fire were taken by planes to hospitals. no

i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener. the family says they're 56 year old relative was released from all debates medical center on monday handed a bus ticket and has been missing ever since. ktvu amberleigh is live now in berkeley, where family members searched the streets tonight. amber julie, the man's family tells me it's obvious he cannot take care of him. self, one relative says she brought him here to alto bates medical center, and that she hasn't seen him since. did you see him? brian lawrence's family is searching for him passing out flyers this stop a homeless encampment in berkeley. they tell me the 56 year old vanished after being discharged from the hospital monday night at eight o'clock. they say he suffers from schizophrenia and dementia down to my very pit. i'm concerned, i'm worried. i know how he functions. family members say lawrence has the mental capacity of a five year old. so when did they come into your apartment? oh i'd say seven. they say he's paranoid, often imagines that people are following him

hello again, everyone, i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener. none of the six people on board survived. ktvu deborah villalon joins us now in napa with how that couple is being remembered, deb. well, julie, the local victims are identified as mark henderson, a napa native and retired public defender and jackie complement an accomplished nurse and educator. this is jackie. typical jackie during the pandemic. nurse jackie complement remembered by her boss at napa's meals on wheels program funny, happy, very dedicated to her job, and her profession's accomplished was a happy presence in this office. and colleagues are stunned by news that a plane crash in alaska has taken their friend, 60 year old complex and her 69 year old partner, mark henderson, were killed along with three other tourists and the pilot to hear the news was devastating. i mean, everybody and establish shock still complain and henderson, we're on a week long alaskan cruise on holland america, the sightseeing flight crashed thursday, the day before they would have come home. so th

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville. that's a shift since officers are not allowed on the district campuses during school hours, and some parents say they want schools free of police at all times. ktvu zaza smith is in san jose tonight, with more on the heated debate this evening as myth. frank a majority of the people who spoke tonight did not want police at all on school grounds. other families worry about their children's safety. you three voted no to protecting our children. why outrage thursday night directed at san jose unified school board over a decision to remove san jose police officers on campus during the school day. i find it ironic that you have security here tonight to protect all of us if you remove san jose p. from our campus. i will feel extremely uncomfortable and unsafe. a controversial move the school board made six weeks ago to end its school resource officer program. after mounting pressure from community members to reimagine school safety, some families demanding the program be reinstated. that wa

i'm clouding wong in tonight for julie julie haener and i'm frank somerville. we begin tonight with the latest on the withdrawal from afghanistan, the pentagon announced today that they they're now asking five u. s airlines to help evacuate people in afghanistan defense secretary lloyd austin says he's activated what the military calls the civil reserve air fleet. it's a 70 year old program. it was created after the berlin airlift during the cold war, it gives the u. s government the power to call on private commercial airlines to help in the event of an emergency 18 aircraft from american atlas delta, omni, hawaiian and united are all being directed to ferry evacuees who have already been airlifted out of the country. the airlines will not actually fly into afghanistan itself. president biden. afternoon gave an update on the evacuation out of afghanistan and the increased threat against those trying to leave. we're maintaining the concert business to monitor and disrupt threats from any source, including the likely source being isis isis k, the afghan affiliat

i'm julie julie haener, and i'm frank somerville. those who don't comply could be turned away. and tonight kate views as a smith has details after talking to health officials. at the entrance of regional medical center in san jose signs the effective august 11th. california state mandate requires all visitors to show proof of the vaccine or a negative test result within 72 hours. it's not just this hospital, but all hospitals in the state. obviously our hospitals and acute care settings. i still national facilities are. high risk settings. um our tolerance for transmission in those settings is extremely low. the new rule part of a state health order, announced last week overshadowed by news all healthcare workers in california must be vaccinated visitors maybe unaware. hopefully we can get the word out. um you know the vaccine car that everyone received when they're vaccinated is an important asset to carry with you. now, visitors can show their covid vaccination card. a photo of the card on there. phone or a digital record that includes a q r code. not everyone agrees with it.

everyone i'm julie julie haener and i'm frank somerville we're also learning tonight of at least one death caused by the storm someone was killed in ascension paris in louisiana after a tree fell onto his home that's about one hour's drive east from new orleans. new images are now coming in showing the damage caused by ida along the louisiana coast. take a look at how the storms strong winds ripped off the roof of a hospital in galliano that city is about 70 miles south of new orleans close to where item made landfall there are no reports tonight of damage or injuries caused by this particular incident and now some new video showing how the storm is impacting more than just louisiana you can see storm surge flooding parts of mississippi's coast. these images were recorded in bay st louis the storm surge in mississippi does not compare to areas taking a direct hit from ida. today images coming from us from grand i'll give you an idea of the force of ida's storm surge grand isle sits directly on louisiana's coast just miles from where ida made landfall. surges a problem along a lot of

two starts now and hello again everyone and have their homes in tonight for julie and i'm frank somerville public and private sectors are already taking action after today's full approval of the fighter coronavirus vaccine ktvu ever be alone live for us tonight in the north bay will with the look at what people should expect next, and the debate over mandates step. okay heather mandates have already been kicking in from schools to healthcare to corporate america and the fda fights her approval simply add even more momentum. gore's want to see a shark's game better get your shots san jose city council is poised to vote tomorrow to require proof of vaccination at events with 50, or more people at city owned facilities. we know those indoor events can be very risky if we're not doing all we can to make people safe, and so, uh we've been talking with the operators i think they understand the importance of this and starting now all san jose city workers must show proof of vaccination or undergo. we. weekly covid testing refusal means unpaid leave. those have been waiting for full approval shoul

i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie and i'm frank somerville. here's the breaking news tonight. the dixie fire tore through the small town of greenville tonight. you can see the flames ripping through buildings, leaving a gas station hotel bar and more all burned to the ground. greenville is on highway 89, southeast of lake alma, nor about 800. people livere. the dixie fire has been burning for three weeks and has burned nearly 280,000 acres so far. it's also destroyed at least 45 structures before hitting greenville tonight about 15,000 more people were ordered to evacuate today east of lake al manar. ktvu is deborah villalon talked to some people who say they're not going to leave just yet. so here's looking boards. chester, the town of chester, a lakes, i view as the dixie fire burns, and now we're showing the fire that's going through greenville currently as we speak the town of greenville is islam fire. tommy passed legend prattville sandwiched between fire. he and a few others have stuffed their vehicles full of possessions and park them on the water's edge. he never dream

i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener today, president biden called the pictures coming out of kabul. gut wrenching. we have been watching as frightening images emerged from the city's international airport. thousands of people mobbed that airport in a desperate attempt to flee the country. this picture shows people packed onto a military plane evacuating out of afghanistan, defense .com posted the photo. it shows 640 afghan squeeze shoulder to shoulder inside a c 17 airlifter despite the chaos at kabul's airport, the pentagon says they expect to wrap up their oversight of evacuations. by august 31st. that's the same date the white house is set for officially ending the u. s combat role in afghanistan. but tonight thousands of people remain at the airport, hoping that they can get out of the country on one of the flights there. afghanistan's former president hamid karzai hopes posting a plea to social media will help calm his people. in the post. he is standing next to his daughters and asked people to stay inside their homes as the taliban takes control. he also asked the t

according to somerville fighting's, already broken out without gun forces managing to wrest control of some areas near the capital. meanwhile, fresh, it is a much said to be of women protesting and cobble the morning that rights to be respected, including to what education and political participation the thought about though has actually been urging women apparently to join the government. well, in another, unprecedented move a tell about official sat with a female presenter for an interview with toddler news that afghan tv station is still part of a p all campaign to present a more moderate side of the group to the world. earlier, my colleague neal harvey discussed the future of press freedoms in the country with saud martini, the chairman and chief executive of moby group, which overseas follow news and the title of trying to win hearts and minds. they're trying to convince the political establishment people outside the tunnel on movement to join and support the taliban movement that are trying to secure international support. so i think it's a bit early. it's a bit too early to judg

and i'm frank somerville. two people were shot. one of them was killed. that happened at a house party in sunnyvale. it was a rented home and now investigators need help finding out what happened. ktvu is james torres tells us police are asking neighbors for security video. investigators tell me a house on this street was rented out on airbnb and after a party there got out of hand. it's now become the center of a double shooting investigation. very quiet neighborhood. i mean, there's occasional parties. sunny veils department of public safety responded to this area of the reign of park neighborhood late saturday night, they say callers said a big party was too loud. it did seem a lot. more intense than in a normal house party officers say they found hundreds of teenagers while they were there. shots were fired. mason fong is a city council member for sunnyvale. he lives nearby and heard some of that chaos. it was 10 minutes straight of just cars and people walking past my street, which which this is a lot of traffic around that time. um and so i figured

i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener. tonight, more people were told to prepare to leave his fire officials announced new evacuation warnings that stretch into nevada firefighters are up against winds and extremely dry conditions. a red flag warning remains in effect through wednesday night. so far, the fire has burned more than 186,000 acres and is just 15% contained with the red flags coming up. it's hard to say how this fire's going to go and which direction it's going to be running. we've got a lot of crews in place right now, and we have more even coming down to help out with this firefight and help structure protection and just make sure that we can do it. we can do to keep people say governor newsom has proclaimed a state of emergency for alpine, amador and plaster counties due to the cal door fire, and the california national guard has been called in to assist the chp and help manage traffic control points for any evacuations. cal fire announced new evacuation warning. in douglas county, nevada tonight. but earlie

hello again, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie. fire officials said. that fire is now about 20% contained but at least 60 homes have been destroyed into mobile. home parks and tonight the clear lake, director of emergency services declared a local emergency to help with the recovery efforts. the cash fire said a lot of smoke into the bay area today, air quality officials have now extended an air quality advisory through friday due to the hazy conditions. let's go now to our chief meteorologist, bill martin, with a look at what we can expect over the next few days. yeah heather, i think, unfortunately, smokes going to be a way of life for us the next few days, at least the next 48 ours is the wind patterns or such, so they're bringing the smoke in with a northerly wind tonight and then they don't really kick up a westerly wind aggressively enough to push it out of here because once the smoke settles in, as we found out in the past, it tends to linger can't really see the smoke in this shot. but if you look up at the moon tonight, yo

according to somerville fighting has already broke out without the forces managing to wrest control of some areas near the capital. meanwhile, fresh videos are much said to be of women, protesting and cobble in the morning. that rights be respected, including to work as you cation and political participation. the thought about no has actually been urging women, apparently to join the government. in another unprecedented taliban official sat, but a female presenter for an interview with hollow news. and i've got a television station, it's all part of a p all campaign to present a more moderate side of the group to the world. am i called a new hobby, discussed the future of press freedoms in the country was more funny. is the chairman and chief executive of movie group which overseas follow news like the title of trying to win hearts and minds. they're trying to convince the political establishment people outside the tunnel on movement to join and support the taliban movement that are trying to secure international support. so i think it's a bit early. it's a bit too early to judge us to

even everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener residents in and around new orleans and other parts of louisiana are being told to shelter in place tonight for the duration of this powerful storm fox news caroline shively is standing by live in new orleans and caroline is really looks bad out there right. now. hi there franken julie this is the worst we've seen it. we've been standing out here throughout the day taking the heavy wind the heavy rain but at points when those rain bands come through you can hardly stay on your feet i've actually been holding onto this jersey wall to stay upright. new orleans officials came out today and warn people the only thing you can do tonight is hunkered down because of the worst parts of this storm they will not be able to come and. save you. the gulf coast rocked sunday by 150 mile per hour winds. as hurricane ida came ashore as a category four. louisiana the state that is no stranger to hurricanes now bracing for one of its toughest test yet if you had to draw up the worst possible path for hurricane in louisiana it would be someth

good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener more now on that developing storyternoon's flaring a level one incident that is the lowest level with no response from the richmond fire department. earlier this afternoon. you can see huge flames coming out of those refinery stacks along with a dark plume of smoke at the chevron refinery. fortunately there's no word of any injuries. they say that the safety flare was activated due to a process upset that was quickly corrected. the bay area air quality management district says their inspectors are on the scene tonight in richmond. checking for any potential air quality violations. however chevron told us the smoke was blowing towards solano county. and there there was no protective order to keep residents in place. now to san jose, where a man is behind bars after being accused of sexually assaulting an eight year old child. police say the assault happened at the child's home. ktvu is andre senior joins us now live outside san jose police headquarters with more on what happened, andre? well julie, authorit

protests prompted mayor stop meeting temporarily good evening i'm julie julie haener i'm frank somerville and actually we have jesse here okay don't have jesse where we going can tell me we're going to jonathan? sorry. excuse me. we're to talk about coronavirus fighters ceo talking about company's steps after vaccine full from the food drug fox news with more tonight from atlanta. the is about million every but health say they're expecting number increase nowut6 and older ceo fox news the company now its on developing shots and full of vaccine young we having very large right for between five and 11. we be to finish studies september a little later a fived vaccinating it's becoming of a priority the variant to spread children than original but there still a handful states new efforts in schools including least seven mask mandates monday joined growing of states being to overturn those bands. the honest can't that our schools safe we ignore the guidance from the medical and health experts now the vaccine been approved mandates going place at louisiana university

good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener. but tonight, uncertainty and fear are gripping afghanistan is afghans desperately tried to escape. ktvu and ruben has the latest now on the afghanistan crisis. there was panic in the streets of kabul monday as the taliban moved in thousands, including diplomats, translators and journalists attempted to get out. civilians tried to withdraw savings from the bank tried to climb the fence at the airport, and some even tried hanging off military planes as they took off. seven people reportedly have died. president joe biden, speaking to the american people, admits the swift fall of the government took his administration by surprise. the truth is this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated after 20 years of us support and nearly a trillion dollars spent, biden said he expected the afghan military to stay and fight not to flee. but he says he stands by his decision to pull americans out. here's what i believe to my core. it is wrong to order american troops to step up in afghanistan

good evening, everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener president, biden said.cision to withdraw u. s military forces from afghanistan as the taliban swiftly gains control. in his speech this afternoon, the president said, the scenes we're seeing in the country are gut wrenching. at least seven people were killed, falling from the wings of a u. s. air force jet as people ran onto the runway and tried to climb aboard president biden said he would take the criticism rather than leave the decision on withdrawal for yet another administration after 20 years of conflict. our mission in afghanistan was never supposed to have been nation building. it was never supposed to be created a unified, centralized democracy are only vital national interest in afghanistan remains today. what has always been preventing and a terrorist attack on american homeland. have argued for many years. the president also warned the taliban that the us will respond with quote devastating force to protect us personnel evacuating the country. the pentagon has ordered another 1000 troops to be s

i'm julie julie haener and i'm frank somerville before that mandate took effect, students went back toan francisco unified school district. it's the first time students there were back in class since march of 2020. the district has now upgraded its ventilation, and it's using hospital grade machines to disinfect rooms with ultraviolet light parents. we talked to say they're confident that the district is doing its best to keep kids and staff safe and that doing nothing compares to the experience of in person learning. my son did not thrive over the zoom sessions over. the last year. um and worried about how he would enjoy school if we weren't able to get back on campus. in some extent, i think that the social thing is it's really nice for them that their friends you know the teachers having contact one on one. they really missed that, too. the south san francisco