joining us now without's on this and other issues, the clinical professor from uc berkeley school of public health. thank you for joining us today. when do you expect we will discover our first case in the u.s.? >> i wouldn' i wouldn' i wouldn' saw headlines tonight or tomorrow that we identified a case. i think it's likely that the particular variant is already here. >> how will we know for sure? do we do something with positive cases to read the genetic makeup of the case? >> one piece of good news about the variant is, not only do our regular pcr tests that you do, the one that sticks up the nose in the laboratory, not only will that identify that you have covid, but it will give a red flag to say that the covid variant you have could be omicron because it has a different pattern when it turns positive, so that's a leg up in terms of identifying the virus much earlier. glicksman jenness ceo says the existing vaccine may struggle with omicron and you are saying it may have physical structures that suggest that might not respond to the immunity we got from the vaccines. can you expl

doctor john swartzberg with uc berkeley's school of public health is particularly concerned for the elderly and the immunocompromised, those groups who are likely more than 6 months removed from their first doses of the vaccine are not as protected as they could be. those groups are also at the highest risk of getting severely ill or dying from breakthrough infections. the thanksgiving and christmas holidays are quickly approaching which presents another set of worries as people will gather with their families. every bay area county today showing an increase in the number of cases averaged over the last 2 weeks. so we're going in the wrong direction. and this is before the holidays can seniors are being urged by public health officials to get their boosters as soon as possible. >> an la times report shows just 20% of san francisco's eligible seniors have received an additional dose health experts warn that time is now to get a booster shot to avoid risk of exposure. >> we need to make sure that people who are high risk yourself up maximum protection going into this really pretty dangerous p

doctor john swartzberg with uc berkeley's school of public health is particularly concerned for the elderly and the immunocompromised. >> those groups who are likely more than 6 months removed from their first doses of the vaccine are not as protected as they could be. those groups are also at the highest risk of getting severely ill or dying from breakthrough infections. the thanksgiving and christmas holidays are quickly approaching which presents another set of worries as people will gather with their families. every bay area county today increasing the number of cases averaged over the last 2 weeks. so we're going in the wrong direction. and this is before the holidays can seniors are being urged by public health officials to get their boosters as soon as possible. 20% of san francisco's eligible seniors have received a an additional dose health experts warn that time is now to get a booster shot to avoid risk of exposure. we need to make sure that people who are high risk to yourself. >> maximum protection going into this really pretty dangerous period. >> and just to underscore how im

doctor john swartzberg with uc berkeley's school of public health is particularly concerned for the elderly, those groups who are likely more than 6 months removed from their first doses of the vaccine are not as protected as they could be. those groups are also at the highest risk of getting severely ill or dying from breakthrough infections. the thanksgiving and christmas holidays are quickly approaching which presents another set of worries as people will gather with their families. every area county today showing an increase in the number of cases averaged over the last 2 weeks. so we're going in the wrong direction. and this is before the holidays can seniors are being urged by public health officials to get their boosters as soon as possible. an la times report shows just 20% of san francisco's eligible seniors have received an additional dose health experts warn that time is now to get a booster shot to avoid risk of exposure. we need to make sure that people who are high risk to yourself. >> maximum protection going into this really pretty dangerous period. >> that was dan thorn rep

hopefully the school and those players, we will be able to sort out all those details before that next game november 20th at stanford. tonight on the uc berkeley campus jonathan mccall kron 4 news indeed. jonathan, let's hope they can straighten that out. the teachers, parents and school leaders. >> gathered at pat an elementary school in alameda today to discuss school safety measures amid covid-19 the school district is providing layers of protection at the schools this year, including masking hand hygiene proper ventilation and a regular covid-19 testing program testing in elementary schools takes place up to 2 times per month during the school day and students say they feel safer because of it. >> i like getting tested it i feel my seat you don't get tested and someone had covid thing you would get sick my did have a covid case, but we were able to space ourselves from the other classes and keep everyone safe. and thankfully no one else sick. >> today. california has had the fewest covid-19 related school closures in the country due to working safety practices. increasing covid cases and hospitalizations in california have some bay area in

jonathan mccall live for us on the uc berkeley campus where the school's athletic director addressed reporters. jonathan. pam. ken, good evening. right now. it's unknown. just how many members of the cal berkeley football team have will. >> be forced to sit because of this latest covid concern. how many players have tested positive. but several players in recent days have been very vocal about the testing procedures being done here on campus. many of them have taken to social media to a voice in vent. their frustrations 24 players actually missed last week's game against arizona because of covid rules among the players forced to sit out was quarterback chase chase garbers yesterday on twitter. garber said that players were frustrated with the university's health system and question why players were being tested. he said that the school along with the berkeley health department. we're not providing enough clarity enough information on why the team was being regularly tested. garber said that they were told that the testing was not mandated but only recommended by school officials defe

jonathan mccall live for us on the uc berkeley campus for the school's athletic director talked to reportersonathan. >> ken pam, this is a controversy that has been brewing for some time here tonight. we have 2 separate issues. we have school leaders who say they are simply following the protocols of the school red state as well as the berkeley public health. then you have the players who feel like they're not getting enough information in there saying that the testing is not even required. it's being not mandated but only required for them to take. so a lot of folks here are a lot of the players here. frustrated upset concerned now taking their frustration out on social media right now. it's unknown exactly how many players in this latest round have tested positive for covid-19. just last week the team was down some 24 players when they played against arizona because of a covid covid-19 outbreak among the players forced to sit out last week's game was quarterback chase garbers yesterday on twitter. he said that players were frustrated with the university's health system in question why play

. >> reporter: uc berkeley and public health department mandating different and stricter covid protocols than other schools the team's high vaccination rate, it's hoped they're blaise based on the latest cdc information. >> symptomatic breakthroughs can possibly transmit infections but asymptomatic with covid, with the delta variant, usually not transmitting. question is are the players ill. >> reporter: no one speaking about that tonight, citing privacy concerns. >> lot of it lack of clarity and communication to us players. >> reporter: coach wilcox hoping to turn the page. >> will be multiple tests in the week, foods grab and go and workouts structured differently. >> reporter: players hoping to move on as well. >> there are a lot of guys positive so we have to hopefully get them on the protocol and go try to beat stanford next week. >> nbc bay area news. >>> new rules for covid booster shots in santa clara county, all adults who want it can get it now. more than 1 million are eligible, 200,000 have received the shot. county health leaders urging people to get one before the holidays. protection from the

under covid protocols teams taking on arizona kron four's will tran is live at uc berkeley with the details. hi will. >> the school is not saying how many football they are under covid protocol, rather not they tested positive. >> for covid. this is something that they want to keep to themselves. but we do know that when the cal football team when they travel today to arizona, they will not be at full strength because some players we'll be left behind after they came down with possible covid they will be undergoing covid protocol which could mean quarantine. now the players, they're not naming the names the positions just for their privacy. 99% of the players. according to the university, have already been vaccinated. so what they're going to do is they will continue playing tomorrow's game in arizona but before they take the field probably today even before they take off from the bay area. they will be tested to make sure that they are negative for covid before they take the field just in case that they don't spread it to the other players in arizona, how long they will be undergoing covid protocol will just have

. >> james wilcox is a graduate school professor of economics at uc berkeley. >> lower income householdsion of their income on food as higher income household. >> data analysis finds that more than 170 low-income neighborhoods are in the san francisco mentor area that also have low food axis. that is more than double we found in the metro area at 79. >> there are communities that are really high. >> reggie young is the director of the alameda county community food bank. >> from where we were last year, the problem is getting worse. >> the problem is incredible he high in alameda county. we are still seeing high rates of food insecurity. we are seeing a lot of normal seed that other community's not seen. >> the organization has worked with hundreds of nonprofits, distributing food to struggling areas throughout the pandemic. >> hartman helps her neighborhood is next in line. >> you have to go with the flow and pray. >> abc 7 news. >> americans love the final finl on the american music awards when fans cast their votes this year on an unusual platform. that is tiktok. cardi b is hosting th

uc berkeley's famous nesting falcons is recovering at the wildlife center in walnut creek. the male raptor was found with a number of injuries last week. he and his mate have lived atop the schooll tower for years. he apparently got into a fight with arrival falcon. birdwatchers are wondering if he will get back with his mate. we will see.s opera. spencer: as the falcon turns. as the clock turns back, we do that this weekend. we fall back to standard time. here is how sunset times will change. tomorrow at 6:05. sunday at 5:04. we lose 61 minutes of daylight. here is a lovely view from the exploratorium. clouds are increasing. low to mid 50's in san jose, morgan hill, half moon bay. emeryville looking to san francisco, 51. napa, fairfield, 52. one more view from higher up, the east bay hills camera. cloudy overnight. mainly clear right now but clouds are increasing. patchy drizzle may occur overnight. clouds tomorrow with early-morning sprinkles. dry on sunday with widespread brain returning monday into tuesday. -- widespread rain. we do not expect any wet weather to move south or east of the golden gate. that pattern will continue into the midday hours before we get partial cle

uc berkeley's famous nesting falcons is recovering at the wildlife center in walnut creek. the male raptor was found with a number of injuries last week. he and his mate have lived atop the school he apparently got into a fight with arrival falcon. birdwatchers are wondering if he will get back with his mate. we will see. it is like a soap opera. spencer: as the falcon turns. as the clock turns back, we do that this weekend. we fall back to standard time. here is how sunset times will change. tomorrow at 6:05. sunday at 5:04. we lose 61 minutes of daylight. here is a lovely view from the exploratorium. clouds are increasing. low to mid 50's in san jose, morgan hill, half moon bay. emeryville looking to san francisco, 51. napa, fairfield, 52. one more view from higher up, the east bay hills camera. cloudy overnight. mainly clear right now but clouds are increasing. patchy drizzle may occur overnight. clouds tomorrow with early-morning sprinkles. dry on sunday with widespread brain returning monday into tuesday. -- widespread rain. we do not expect any wet weather to move south or east of the golden gate. that pattern will continue into the midday hours before we get partial clea

school and berkeley healthpolicd for december 4. no football in berkeley, but basketball season tipping off today against uc san diego.or the flush. cal is up 4 at the break. nice move. he had 27. stanford tipping off against tarleton state in a few minutes, a school i had never heard of until tonight. for the second consecutive week, a bay area sports legend is calling it a career. chris wanda lasky held his retirement press conference today in the south. he hosted a major league soccer best 171 career goals in seasons. 14 of those seasons with the hometown >>. he will now move into a role as a special assistant to the >>' g.m.. >> it is slowly sinking in, but i think it will really sink in the preseason when the guys are starting off, but enjoying the ride home. >> what are you going to remember the most? >> having fun out there on the field, being with my teammates. the practices. i love the banter. the battles out there, the blood, sweat, and tears you leave out there on the field. >> so good for so long. he's got so many records, it is hard for steph curry to find new ones to break, but he did it last night with

uc berkeley with the latest. good morning. well. >> they will not be boarding the plane today because they will be under covid protocols. the school is not saying that the players tested positive for covid-19 just that they could be do some contact tracing we do know that the game is not being played here. they are playing the game in arizona, but they want to make sure that the players who take the field. we'll be ok so they will undergo tests to make sure that they are negative just to protect each other and also their opponent as far as what happened. they're not going into details to the point where they're not mentioning the name of the players or even their position to protect their privacy. but the school says that the team itself 99% of their players have been vaccinated. they're not saying if these players, even though it's under covid protocols, whether or not they've been vaccinated or not. but it looks like they will monitor the situation, perhaps even self quarantine. remember, guys, this is college football. so not only are they playing on the field there in the classroom. so they want to make sure that the students

uc berkeley with some good news this morning for those lectures. maybe not so good for the students hoping to have a day off from school. but that's the way goes well. >> now, because when you're a student any day off is a good day, especially in college. i was telling you only a 7 as you can use the next couple of days to catch up because you're perpetually behind. in college. but no, you won't have a break because classes are on because at the very last minute before classes were supposed to be called off today and tomorrow. the both sides have reached a deal. and of course, when you reach a deal, there's some winning and losing involved. seem pretty happy about that. let's talk to the students here. here's a young lady that i actually had to almost tackle to come over and talk to me. what's your name? what? and i'm a combat. you heard about the possible strike. what do you think about having classes. it's not going to be canceled out. >> well, i'm relieved because we have and so we were supposed to go through some material and we were not going to go through that material if we didn't have classes today. so i'm relie

uc berkeley this morning. well. looking very teach that people. >> oh, we welcome to mister rogers teach you something about finance. is lecturers want to teach the school system about finances because it's always about money, right. it's always about when they talk about the strike, they can say all things that they want, but it boils down to money in this particular case, a couple of sticking points. >> lecturers and they're basically junior professors. if i had to explain it to your grandmother there basically junior professors and that they're working their way to becoming full-time professors, but they do about a 3rd of the teaching we're talking about 6500 lectures within the uc system. they have been working with the uc system for about 20 months on a new contract 2 sticking points. i want to tell you about one. they were like family leave up to 8 weeks and 100% pay while they're away according to the uc system, they are offering 70% and you have to reach a certain threshold and the union representing the lectures or say that's unfair because most of our lecturers don't meet that threshold. so that 70% really doesn't even matter. also they're loo

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so the schools need to be a safe environment for everybody and the only way to make sure they're safe environment for the everybody for everybody is to make sure everybody's immunized. uc berkeleyspecialist dr john schwartzberg also says the vaccine is safe, long term because complications from any vaccine usually occur within the first 6 to 8 weeks. still some parents remain skeptical that my son has his future ahead of him. why would i want him vaccinated when there's that risk that is unknown. school district officials say the vaccine mandate is the best way to make students, teachers and staff safe. we believe thats the right to, you know, share their voice and they have the right to protest but also our board and myself. we have to look at students overall and the safety of all students under the plant. students who are not vaccinated can enter the districts distance learning program, the remote learning. that's not really an option. it did not work out. but for us, it's a safety issue. rob roth, ktvu fox two news. today the city of los angeles began enforcing its proof of vaccination mandate for various indoor businesses. the program called safe passage, la. launched on n

school district and taught early childhood and preschool. she received her education and training from city college, uc berkeley. over 40 years ago, ms. jackson followed her passion and opened kitty care center and visitation valley community. her clients were as young as one month and up to five years old. each child not only received loving child care, they also developed basic skills to help them transition to kindergarten. ms. jackson mentoring style and caring for others expanded to help families, teens, seniors, neighborhoods, adults and helping to raise so many children in the visitation valley community. often, she and her son, drew, would take home cooked holiday dinners to the homeless throughout the city. in 1999, mary willie brown jr. proclaimed ruth jackson family day and family of the year. ruth jackson family day is still celebrated annually around may or june in visitation valley and brings together communities from all walks life and all across san francisco to enjoy southern breakfast, parade, picnic in the park, services and lots of fun activities. personally, i had the chance to be mentored and told what to do by m

school district and taught early childhood and preschool. she received her education and training from city college, uc berkeley. over 40 years ago, ms. jackson followed her passion and opened kitty care center and visitation valley community. her clients were as young as one month and up to five years old. each child not only received loving child care, they also developed basic skills to help them transition to kindergarten. ms. jackson mentoring style and caring for others expanded to help families, teens, seniors, neighborhoods, adults and helping to raise so many children in the visitation valley community. often, she and her son, drew, would take home cooked holiday dinners to the homeless throughout the city. in 1999, mary willie brown jr. proclaimed ruth jackson family day and family of the year. ruth jackson family day is still celebrated annually around may or june in visitation valley and brings together communities from all walks life and all across san francisco