. >> reporter: i heard from berkeley police. they say the evacuation order for boats and docks has been lifted but of course the tsunami advisory is still in effect. as you can imagine, it has been quite a day for people here that started with leaving in a hurry. the evacuation order was clear, get out of boats, off the docks in berkeley. sarah greenwood was asleep. >> they drove by with patrol boats and also walked up and down the docks with loud speakers, telling us to evacuate immediately. it was about 7:20 this morning. >> reporter: another long time berkeley resident was alerted by a friend. >> got a call from a friend in san francisco, she said be careful, there's something coming. then immediately right after that, then knock knock knock. >> reporter: the red cross arrived to help, some people left, others waited in cars. >> i am more worried about residents of tonga honestly. yeah. we're okay here. >> reporter: a red cross volunteer shared video of water moving near the marina. west coast advisory prompted by underwater

dan: abc 7 news reported was in berkeley tonight and has the story. reporter: uc berkeley students are scheduled to return to class in just under two weeks. as the omicron variant spreads, some students think it is not smart to be in person. >> how concerned would you be walking into a classroom? >> i would say pretty concerned. reporter: james is the student vice president for campus affairs. he thinks the university should follow the other uc schools and start the semester remote. >> obviously there something they saw in their research and medical centers that made them think going back in person right away is not the right thing. i don't feel confident we are the only one out of the nine that is not making that decision. reporter: uc berkeley says they continue to monitor the situation. the campus has masking and vaccination policies in place, they are not ruling out the policy of changing their learning plans. others at the university are also concerned about safety. >> i'm pretty happy i'm not teaching right now. i think i would be more nervous.

reporter: uc berkeley says they continue to monitor the situation. the campus has masking and vaccination policies in place, they are not ruling out the policy of changing their learning plans. others at the university are also concerned about safety. >> i'm pretty happy i'm not teaching right now. i think i would be more nervous. reporter: sophia is a phd student and part-time undergrad teacher. she says teaching is easier in person, but safety has to come first. >> students are performing better in person versus online discussion. you still obviously have to take it into account safety. reporter: the berkeley health department reporting its highest daily cave in -- covid case count. they say they will make testing available to all residents and students but also said the adversity should start about -- think about starting the semester remote. wax we want our students to return in person safely. reporter: he thinks temporarily starting away from the classroom will limit the spread of the virus and make it easier to return to in person learning. >>

we broke that news yesterday morning for those living in the berkeley arena. christie smith continues our coverage. >> reporter: the evacuation order was clear, get out of the boats and off the docks in berkeley. sarah greenwood was asleep. >> they drove by with patrol boats and also walked up and down the docks with loud speakers telling us to evacuate immediately. it was about 7:20 this morning. >> reporter: another long-time berkeley resident was alerted by a friend. >> i got a call from a friend in san francisco and she said be careful because there's something coming and then immediately right after that then knock, knock, knock. >> three hours with no water -- >> the red cross arrived quickly to help but some people left and others waited in cars. >> i am more worried about the residents of tonga, honestly. yeah, we're okay here. >> a red cross voluntary showed this video of water moving near the arena, and the west coast advisory prompted by an underwater volcano that erupted near tonga. >> there will be waves roughly one to three feet high in the marin

it's unclear for brain injury suffered in the accident contributed to her death berkeley berkeley mayor jesse are gone and tweeted he was saddened to hear of her passing and acknowledged her role in advancing state loss to make sure another tragedy like this would never happen again. san francisco police there are investigating a shooting death on new year's eve. they say it happened on the 200 block of cornwall street officers found a 24 year-old man who'd been shot and later died from his injuries. so far no one has been arrested. anyone with any information. of course, being asked to call the san francisco police departm1nt. in the east bay. 2 people are recovering in the hospital after us and the annual police officer opened fire during a burglary call on sunday night. the call came in from a cannabis dispensary on fairway drive. san leandro. police say an officer caught a masked man running away from the location and shot the suspect when you got away into a getaway car with 2 other people. a 3rd person was arrested. the investigation still going on this morning. bay area, law enfo

people and you're going to meet a few who are making a difference in their communities and we begin in berkeley with a woman who has been putting the spotlight on our food sources for more than 50 years now. alice waters opened the doors of her now world famous shaping these restaurant in 1971 and help start a movement, dedicated to pulling us away from fast processed foods with a seemingly revolutionary idea of getting back to basics. she calls herself a food activists and so does her daughter each has a new book. i talked with them about waters, groundbreaking work, the future of food and her drive to change the fast food culture. >> the beauty and deliciousness. thanks, lucia. >> seasonal products. >> it's been 5 decades from her world renowned shape a nice restaurant in berkeley and alice waters is still on a fresh food farm to table mission and her daughter singer is on that mission with her. a mission born in shape in east 50 years ago. >> feeling very grateful. maybe for going to be able to pass down values to the next generation. just feel very. >> yes, sentimental and very and also abo

. >> reporter: the evacuation order was clear, out of the boats, off the docks in berkeley. sarah was asleep. >> drove by with the patrol boats and walked up and down the docks with loud speakers telling us to evacuate immediately. 7:20 this morning. >> reporter: another longtime berkeley resident was alerted by a friend. >> called from friend in san francisco, said be careful, there is something coming. immediately after that, knock knock knock. >> we heard three hours with no water above a foot. >> reporter: red cross arrived quickly to help. some left, others waited in cars. >> worried about the residents of tonga, honestly. yeah, we're okay here. >> reporter: red cross volunteer shared this video of water near the marina, west coast advisory prompted by volcano that erupted near tonga. >> for berkeley, in the marina will be waves roughly 1 to 3 feet high. >> reporter: police say 113 people were evacuated from the shoreline area and access was restricted. >> better to play it safe and make sure that there's no injuries. there hasn't been any injuries reported thus far. >>

. >>> the tsunami advisory prompted evacuations near the berkeley marina. police asking people to get off their boats and off the docks immediately. nbc bay area's christie smith has the latest. >> reporter: the signs went up quickly at the berkeley arena about the tsunami advisory. >> i got a call from a friend in san francisco and she said be careful because there is something coming and then immediately right after that then knock, knock, knock. >> reporter: police came telling people to leave boats. sarah greenwood was asleep. >> they drove by with the patrol boats and also walked up and down the docks with loud speakers telling us to evacuate immediately. it was about 7:20 this morning. >> what our office of emergency services determined is that for berkeley that means in the marina there would be waves roughly one to three feet high. so it basically would affect anyone near the water or on a boat or on a dock. >> reporter: about 110 people were evacuated from the area. the red cross responded, and access was restricted. the actions were in response to

the first lien grad was a college of california berkeley which had begun as a private institution. in olmsted attempted to convince the trustees to consider the campus comprehensively. in 1866 campus park proposal suggested taking advantage of the sites enter rain and strawberry creek which runs through the campus, olmsted also advocated consideration of the semi era of climate and native plants and he spent several nights on the ground that the campus, studying the microclimate. in addition to the campus itself he and his work also addressed planning for the city of berkeley which did not exist at the time. in his plan for the city olmsted sought to create a community of family houses that was safe and attractive. again he saw the potential for strawberry creek and its canyon for the neighboring adjacent campus. writing about canyon road olmsted identified the mountain gorge to create waters as commodities. here is a quote. as the road follows the stream of water from the open landscape to the bay region into the midst of the mountains and offers a great change of scenery within a

so people in berkeley might want to check your vaccination card. see if you are up to date on your vaccines. james, to you. alright, camila, thank you very much. >> 5, 0, 6, on the clock. and happening today, we have cvs pharmacies that are inside target stores. they're going to start distributing free n 95 masks to customers. the drug company says that masks are limited to just 3 per person while supplies last all the stores will be posting signs to indicate that the masks are now available. it's all part of the federal retail pharmacy program. all these masks are being provided free of charge by the federal government. the forty-niners are going have another day of practice today as they prepare to face the rams in the nfc championship game on sunday this morning, we have updates from the players ahead of the game and that's what kron four's will tran is following for us live from levi's stadium morning. will. >> good morning, james. here's what you need to know. it looks like the niners should be at full strength. it's a practice to practice yes

uc berkeley cashing in on nft's. how the latest digital trend is being used for fundraising. ama: a food bank is putting out a cry for help. dan: and capturing some of the biggest 49ers moments. meet the person behind the lens. >> springlike down south for the game and here in the bay area. i will have your forecast coming up. ama: first, a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> it is guillermo's cumpleanos, amiogs. he is the embodiment of the american dream. his parents sacrificed everything to get to america and now he gets paid handsomely to get drunk and work. cong okay, it's go time. team usa on the largest gig-speed network. which means this mega fan never misses a second. it's gig-speed wifi that's “mikaela shiffrin” fast. ok, that's fast! speed's cool, but does yours block threats? yup, even for these upstairs all-nighters rocking wifi speeds faster than a gig. can your internet do that? learn more about gig-speed wifi, or get started with xfinity internet for $19.99 a month for 12 months. click, call, or visit a store today. dan: president biden today

at a pop up testing site in berkeley. one man who had covid-19 last year remembers how it felt running nose and lost the test. off your face. yeah, and diarrhea. in there just fell already bad now with the highly transmissible omicron variants surge, the new year can feel like old times, mostly by now are really cutting back a lot and going back into lockdown for now to make sure that um, we aren't spreading it to other people. if there are signs, though, that the only concert might be reaching its peak. the numbers are suggesting that we're just about there. so i think we're gonna probably by the end of this week, maybe early next week. we'll be able to say that we've clearly crested nationwide there were about 700,000 new cases reported this week, down from last week's 1.4 million cases. in california tuesday, the positivity rate fell slightly to 21.1% with an average of 110,000 new covid cases per day. still that's higher than during past covid case surges, and dr schwartzberg says it likely won't be until february whe

mention, is a master student at uc berkeley. she just learned friday that most classes will be online for the first two weeks of the semester. but shin said some students are worried it could be extended. i think that is a really good move from the university. and it really makes us get relieved, but on the other hand is a little sad that we cannot see. our friends again at clause so far, eight schools in the university of california system have announced plans to delay in person courses as cases of the omicron variants surge. schools include uc berkeley, uc santa cruz and u. c davis. university officials say this is to mitigate the health impacts of covid-19 in email to the uc berkeley campus community said they expect many students and staff won't be able to return to campus right away. because they might be showing symptoms be isolating or need to take care of someone else. part of the letter read with covid-19 cases surging and positivity rates on the rise. it's clear we're in for a challenging january. as we navigate the oh

your view outside at berkeley this morning, just as clear as it was yesterday. gorgeous. way to start the day yet again, we are seeing a few clouds passing overhead across the region, but nothing that's going to interrupt things too terribly much for us. a little bit of coastal fog and then fog for this inland. but most of us are also fog free now, livermore and dublin. you're sitting at 38 degrees. some of our coldest temps petaluma and saint helene and not much above that at 39 degrees nap at 38 in fairfield are very spotted. 37 compared to our most mild spots like san francisco, pacifica and berkeley in the low to mid 50's. we do have a pretty wide range of temperatures this morning in some of us are starting up a lot colder than we were yesterday, such as the case in napa down 11 degrees from the same point yesterday. so after a cold start to this morning, we do have some of those most mild of temperatures that i mentioned. daytime highs climbing well into the low to mid 60's later on and keeping that sunshine around in full force just as we will for a lot of this for

this was for the folks in the berkeley marina. they needed assistance. >>> still to come, we have the rarest and most extensive truffles grown here in california. this morning, we will introduce you to a special hunter tracking them down. >>> plus, students are rising above and we will introduce you to one scholar who is tripling down on her achievements. >>> on face the nation, larry hogan will be there along with a senator and a mayor. you can see >>> some of the rarest and most expensive truffles in the world are being grown right here in california. in order to find them, you need a special hunter. we are in san luis obispo county. >> reporter: on this 10 acre piece of land, there are 2200 holly oak trees. you can find one of the most rare mushrooms in the world. it is not visible above the ground. you need a special navigator. meet low low. she is one of the key components of truffle hunting. >> you cannot see the mushrooms. we teach the dogs to locate these little tends. good girl. they have pieces of truffle in them. we tea

and the city of berkeley is also ordering all employees at that. he was in the city to be up to date on their vaccinations, starting february 7 workers at these places on your screen. must have their covid vaccinations and their booster shot. if they are eligible. so as you can see, this includes restaurants and gyms, indoor events with 500 people or more adult care facilities, dental offices, pharmacies as well as public and private child care facilities. and this applies to all employees, contractors and volunteers who work at these now, there's a question of what does it mean if you're up to date on your vaccination? well, it's been less than 5 months. and you've got your pfizer and moderna shot. that means you are up to date on your vaccination or if you've got your 3rd at least 5 months after your second shot. you are also up to date on her vaccinations. if you it's been less than 2 months since you've got the johnson and johnson shot or you've got the second dose of any brand, at least 2 months after j and j shot. so be sure to check your vac

uc berkeley cashing in on nft's. how the latest digital trend is being used for fundraising. ama: a food bank is putting out a cry for help. dan: and capturing some of the biggest 49ers moments. meet the person behind the lens. >> springlike down south for the game and here in the bay area. i will have your forecast coming up. ama: first, a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> it is guillermo's cumpleanos, amiogs. he is the embodiment of the american dream. his parents sacrificed everything to get to america and now he gets paid handsomely to get drunk and work. cong - hi mommy! - hi honey! oh i missed you! you just want to video call the kids. ok. ♪ hush little baby...♪ ♪...don't say a word...♪ but if slow upload speeds turn your goodnight call into an accidental horror movie... can you hear me? shut it down. just remember. you're not a bad mom. you just need better internet. at&t fiber delivers faster upload speeds for more reliable video calls. get at&t fiber, plans starting at $35 a month for a year. limited availability in select areas. call 877.onl

. >> on just the second day back to classes after winter break, 65 of berkeley unified's roughly 800 teachers are out, some with covid, some with other issues. trained berkeley unified staff conduct their own rapid antigen tests and get results back fast, and sick students and teachers are quarantined. and the positivity rates of those tests that have come back are pretty alarming. here at berkeley unified school district, they sent home 24,000 home test kits and of those, 227 were positive, and just yesterday with symptomatic people, both staff and students, they tested 125 people and 27 were positive. that's a 22% positivity rate among the people who had symptoms. another issue in many parts of the bay area, a lag in how fast overwhelmed labs can deliver test results. >> right now, when we most need these tests they're the least available and they're taking too long to come back, so it's very frustrating. >> the doctor says testing is vital to stopping the spread of the virus because there are likely a lot of infected people in the region who don't know they're infected and capable

university of california berkeley is coming back to campus on monday. so here's a look at the requirements of school is issuing. >> first, all eligible staff and students must have their full vaccines and booster shots to return next. face coverings have to be worn in all indoor settings with staff being required to wear campus approved masks, which include and 95 kn 95 kf 94 or surgical masks. in the school statement tuesday. the university right? we're hopeful that the worst of the omicron surge is behind us. sure plans are in place. should cases rise again. >> still ahead at a daily positive covid case. rates in la county are still at an all-time high just days before that niners go there to play the rams at so fi stadium. what you should know before heading south. if you go into the game and health experts sounding the alarm on to emerging drugs that are contributing to. >> the overdose crisis. we'll explain after the break. >> for your health tonight, emerging reports show too little known drugs are making new deadly contributions to america's drug

oakland berkeley emeryville. you can see pockets of rain along 24 5, 8080, very slick commute for you as you're traveling in half moon, bay along the peninsula as well. so at some point in the day in the afternoon. we're going to get a break in the rain. but later on tonight this evening we'll have another week system arrives in the north bay sticks around santa rosa up there and then tomorrow afternoon we have another try break into thursday until another system makes its way here on friday. trace amounts of rain across the bay area today. so slick not heavy. still pretty light. let's get a look at our highs as you're waking up knowing what to wear today. still all in the 50's. so a cooler day. but warmer than yesterday, napa 52 santa rosa 51 of otto 52 mid to lower 50's new san francisco half moon bay redwood city in the south bay san jose, your 52 morgan hill, 48. same with livermore. any at 51 and conquered 51, look at your seven-day forecast for you. we talked about that rain that we're going to see its like

there are no reports of damage there and evacuation order at the berkeley morita is now lifted. that area was put under a mandatory evacuation earlier today in response to the tsunami advisory about 115 people were ordered off of their boats and off the docks. ktvu semantic. indiana has more about the caution from authorities, people living on their boats in the berkeley marina were woken up by police going boat to boat with a loudspeaker ordering them to evacuate whatever it takes. to get people. notified and to leave the area. emergency officials say the tsunamis 1 to 2 ft waves could carry enough dangerous energy to damage boats and docks, triggering the evacuation. we take we take these things seriously, and we don't want we absolutely don't want to see anyone get hurt. it's better to play it safe and make sure that there's no injuries. it might not look like much, but these strong currents going in and out of the berkeley marina are a result of the volcanic eruption near tonga. it'll come in for three or four minutes. i don't know five knots or something to five knots or so

berkeley marina, as julian mentioned earlier, had been evacuated. ocean beach is closed. a fire department, fire engine has been telling people to stay away and stay out of the water. so for now, that is the situation, people watching and waiting, taking pictures of this tsunami advisory here in san francisco bay, certainly a rare, rare occurrence. we're live in marin county, i'm cornell barnard, abc 7 news. julian: thank you for that live report in sausalito. we want to bring meteorologist lisa argen into the conversation. even tempering our conversation of what we are seeing other. a pulsing tied? lisa: that's right. it's not one, huge wave. it's small, little pulses, five feet, eight feet go over six feet. and the biggest increase we've seen is in monterey, where we saw a wave of four feet go as high as seven feet. so looking at water that has a lot of momentum and energy in it as it moves across some of the bays and inlets over the next few hours, actually the next six to eight hours, we can see waves over one to three feet above where they normally are. this is like

. >>> a 21-year-old plan is under arrest tonight for the murder of a pregnant mom in berkeley. 19-year-old serenity henderson died in october of 2020 after someonr c her 1-year-old son was with her along with other family members. investigators say forensic and electric evidence led them to the suspect on monday. turns out he was already in jail for a gang-relating shooting. the suspect, who has not been named, is now charged with murder, attempted murder and weapon violations. >>> meanwhile, the police just made four arrests in connection to a mass shooting at a san jose restaurant that happened just five days before that berkeley murder. two men killed, three more wounded in that attack. the police arrested three people on narcotics larges and recovered a huge cache of drugs, firearms and money. >>> tonight, the chp says a pedestrian, struck and killed after running on to the highway early this morning, was reportedly trying to get hit. the man who has not been named turned out to be a suspect in an earlier triple stabbing and reported just after 2:00 a.m. at a home. all three victims ar

a diner in polk -- berkeley has closed its doors for good. the oceanview diner has been serving since 1982. i spoke to the longtime patrons who are disappointed at the loss of this institution. >> at the oceanview diner on 4th street, locals. by for good vibes and pancakes, and dropped off photos and flowers. after nearly four decades, the love it berkeley diner has closed its doors for good. >> it is so painful. it is such an institution on the street. >> it is hard to imagine, but when it opened nearly 40 years ago, it was one of the only places to eat on the street. its popularity help jumpstart the neighborhood. >> this was a kingpin of the street. this was the place. >> beth fisher has been coming to betty's every two weeks for 35 years. she only learned it had closed when she showed up. >> i just found out, and i see other people coming up. rose at the door. i feel very heartfelt and sad. >> the diner owner told abc 7 news that he has been ready to retire. the stress from the pandemic and staffing issues made operating betty's increasin

a reminder we all need to be prepared for anything in berkeley. believe also the beaches in san francisco closed today. watch here as waves pound on the rocks. >> and spilled out onto the sidewalks and on the streets, people living in or near marinas were told to go to higher ground. but so far there have been little reports of any damage because of the tsunami advisory. meanwhile, in santa cruz, the beaches there just reopening within the last few minutes, like so many up and down the west coast. >> they were closed this afternoon to prevent anyone from getting swept out to sea from those strong currents. >> meanwhile, closer to home in the north bay, county saw 2 to 3 foot surges. one dog damaged in richardson bay. the county, though, did not issue any evacuation warnings or orders. but emergency officials say that this tsunami advisory should serve as a reminder for folks to be prepared. kron four's gayle ong continuing our team coverage tonight. >> in county. emergency crews spent the day monitoring the surges that richardson bay, the strong c

the university of california berkeley is coming back to campus monday. here is a look at the requirements that you need to know. the school is issuing these facts. first, all eligible staff and students must have their full vaccine and booster shots to return next. face coverings must be worn in all indoor settings. staff is being required to wear campus approve mask, which include the n 95 k n 95. okay. 94 kf 94 or a surgical mask in the school statement released tuesday, the university writes, quote, we're hopeful that the worst of the omicron surge is behind us. but want to assure everyone that plans are in place should cases rise again. 2 important announcements today from covid-19 vaccine maker moderna first. the pharmaceutical companies saying that the effectiveness of its booster shot against the omicron variant. well, that begins to diminish after about 6 months. the company says de data shows the decline happens more quickly than against the original strain. moderna also says it is now starting a clinical trial of a booster that specifically tar

a beloved diner in berkeley has closed its doors for good. betty's oceanview diner has been serving food since 1982. i spoke with the longtime patrons who are disappointed at the loss of this east bay institution. at betty's oceanview diner on 4th street locals who usually stop by for good vibes and pancakes instead dropping off flowers, taking photos. >> it is shocking and sad. liz: after nearly four decades the diner has closed its doors for good. >> so painful. it is such an institution on the street. liz: it is hard to imagine now but when betty's opened nearly 40 years ago it was one of the only places to eat on the street. its popularity helped jumpstart the neighborhood. >> this was like the kingpin of the streets. this was the place. liz: beth fisher has been coming to betty's every two weeks for 35 years. she only learned it closed when she showed up. >> just found out and i see other people coming up. there are roses at the door and i feel very heartfelt about it and very sad. liz: the diner's owner told abc 7 he has been ready to r

a random roggen berkeley lower 50's for you there. sonoma 49 vacaville, 48 fairfield, you're at 49 as well. along stinson beach. pretty cool there. and remember king tides. we're also looking at that today. that's going to be in place throughout the day. you do not want to turn your back on those high tides looking at light rain monday into tuesday and then we're dry for wednesday and thursday. friday is when we could see showers yet again. we'll back to you, brianna. speaking of a light light traffic all over the bay area. i still believe a lot of people are not coming back to work this morning. >> here's the bay bridge toll plaza. usually it's pretty backed up at this time. but no problems. you're looking at i would say 30 minutes from the macarthur maze across the span down into fremont street from there. and the richmond sandra fell the san mateo bridge holding steady. no problem. those roadways are dry. your heaters should be blasting this morning as it is cold richmond sandra fell bridge. now i can talk about this. no problems i

people living on their boats in the berkeley marina were woken up by police going boat to boat with a loudspeaker ordering them to evacuate whatever it takes to get people. notified and to leave area emergency officials say the tsunamis 1 to 2 ft waves could carry enough dangerous energy to damage boats and ducks , triggering the evacuation. we take we take these things seriously, and we don't want we absolutely don't want to see anyone get hurt. it's better to play it safe and make sure that there's no injuries. it might not look like much, but these strong currents going in and out of the berkeley marina are a result of the volcanic eruption near tonga. it'll come in for three or four minutes. i don't know. five knots or suddenly 2 to 5 knots as i'm like, that's quite strong. and then it'll go turn around, and then it will go back out. jacqueline bought with the states geological survey's tsunami unit came to the marina to observe the currents who calls a lot of damage in the slips in the marina. because there's a really strong currents and they go for several hours as the tsunami s

berkeley's innovative genomics institute. we met the covid testing lab director dr petro's giannakopoulos. we can process over 4000 samples a day, he says. they've seen a big increase in demand for pcr covid tests. he took us inside the i g lab, which analyzes those pcr tests that are considered the gold standard, but take more time to process than at home antigen tests. so what arrives is like literally hundreds and hundreds of samples all at once. and these machines that do all the work. they're called liquid handlers. they basically process these hundreds of samples that are on these plates, pcr or polymerase chain reaction test can detect even small amounts of the coronavirus by amplifying the samples, as many as 35 times is that one copy becomes two copies, and the two copies become four copies and four becomes eight. we have a fully automated laboratory that has robots that do all of the work. most pcr test can be analyzed within a day are average turnaround times about 24 hours. you know, most pcr test when you go to y

berkeley police say they've arrested a 15 year-old boy for carrying a bb gun at berkeley high school. they responded to reports of fights involving students and say that one of the students was threatened with that bb gun officers were able to detain both students and found the gun in one of the students. backpacks, that student who does not attend berkeley high school, by the way, was arrested on suspicion brandishing a replica firearm and having a weapon on campus. also in the east bay livermore man has been arrested out connection with a number of batteries involving female joggers. police say 35 year-old willie richard originally are allegedly groped at least 4 women over the past 2 months. it happened near the running trail on east avenue and vasco road and after investigation, police were able to identify richardson as the sole suspect. he's been arrested. now was arrested on tuesday without incident and booked into the santa rita jail on several charges. investigation obviously still ongoing. well, now to our coronavirus coverage and some promising news cases are, in fact, begi

your view outside of berkeley hills camera right here does show clear skies overhead. just the faintest layer of marine layer of low cloud cover hanging out there in the distance. radar shows you that we do have dry skies today. and if we zoom out across the region to our north and to our south, we do have passing systems that are resulting in rainfall for southern california as well for the pacific northwest. but we have been in that spot in the middle for well over a week now that is not really tapped into the precipitation so much and that only continues if not heightens through the remainder of this forecast after yesterday's partly cloudy skies and a few coastal sprinkles today is going to bring nice sunshiny conditions, not a trend of weather that continues into tomorrow for your wednesday later on into the week and on into the weekend, too. so no big changes here. we're settle the right into these mild winter temperatures and sunny sf today in a range of 50's - along the coastline to temperatures today are a little bit cooler than they were yesterday and are act

i'm professor atc berkeley and the director of othering and benging initute. and it's a great pleasure to be here with you. and it's a great pleasure to be in the company of ni and ken, who ar the unders of bionr. and i have a challenge for bioneers, nina, kenny, all of you, and we are in a very interesting time in the world. we are facing with, we're facing multiple pandemics, a lot of stresses, a lot of polarization. and, in some respects, is is noentirely new, but in some respects, its very new. global pdemic, racial uprising, climate change, just to me a few. and what the world really needsow, what the united states needs n, what we need in our personal life is a chance to both heal and come together. and i think the bioneers community is reallwell suited to step in this space and someone to talk about that a little bit in the context of bridging and belonging. and i'llalk about that a little bit. the ctext of breathing, i live in northern california where breathing can't taken for granted. the whole idea of covid suggests the virus robs us of the ability

health officer in a berkeley is requiring 2 things from businesses. now, the first one is for employees at certain. >> businesses in berkeley to be up to date on their vaccinations. and the second order is asking businesses to ask their customers to show proof that they're fully vaccinated and these orders are going to take effect starting feb. that in mind thendbusinesses, nonprofits and other organizations are going to be asking people if they are fully vaccinated. and this includes far your team and venues, james, at any large indoor event with 500 or more people. so this means if you are 5 years or older, you have to show proof that you're fully vaccinated to go inside those places. and the city's officer says that these are public places where the virus can spread easily. and by staying up to date on the vaccine's, people are are less likely to get infected. now, also next month, any employee who works at a store in venue in the city needs to be up to date on their vaecinations. so if you work in any of these places on your screen, take a look. y

a young woman who survived a balcony collapse in berkeley back in 2015 has died. barry was one of a group of students visiting from ireland for the summer who was severely injured in the accident while celebrating her 21st birthday. 6 others were killed in the collapse. according to the irish times, barry died of a stroke on saturday. it's unclear if her brain injury suffered in the accident contributed to her death. berkeley's mayor tweeting out that he was saddened to hear of her passing and acknowledged her role in advancing state law to make sure this tragedy never happens again. in san francisco. police are investigating a shooting death on new year's eve. they say it happened on the 200 block of cornwall street officers when they arrived, they found a 24 year-old man had been shot. he later died from his injuries. so far they have not made any arrests in the case and they have no motive behind the shooting. in the east bay 2 people are recovering in the hospital after a san leandro police officer opened fire during a burglary call on sunday night. the call c

berkeley, irish students died. and seven others were injured in the 40 ft. drop to the street below. berry was 27 years old. sports wrap is coming up at 11 30. here's a look at what joe and jason are working on. trey lance leads the 49ers to win over the texans will talk about his performance and what the coach is saying about his chances to start the season finale against the rams with a playoff spot on the line. that's right show with one week left the regular season. the 49ers are one of three teams vying for the final two playoff spots in the nfc. we're gonna break it all down. as well as what the raiders need to do to make the playoffs. it is a full half hour of sports coming up at 11 30 on sports report trap first after the break. we'll show you how technology is changing the way some people think about what qualifies dominated the early dae smartphone. i had one and they will soon stop working forever. the original original smartphone on tuesday the old devices will no longer be able to use data, send text messages, access the internet or make calls e

businesses in berkeley. employees will be required to be up to date on their vaccinations. and businesses are now going to require their customers to show proof of vaccination. these orders go into effect, starting february, 7th applies to anyone. 5 years old and older. the new mandate includes bars. entertainment venues, gyms, and any large indoor event with 500 or more people. a big national story tonight. it's official justice steven briar is retiring from the u.s. supreme court. >> president biden made that announcement at the white house event this morning and renewed his campaign pledge to nominate a black woman to the high court. >> i will nominee we some of the extraordinary qualifications, character experience and integrity. and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to united states supreme court. it's long overdue in mind. i made that commitment during the campaign for president. i will keep. >> the president said he has not yet made a decision but he plans to announce his nomine

you can see from the berkeley hills. we have clear skies, but we're anticipating a little rain in the forecast over the next 24 hours into tomorrow. looking at our radar right now. you see the rain is not made its way into the bay area. yet still situated along the pacific northwest. it will arrive around 11:00am this morning in the north bay santa rosa, as we're going to see the heaviest totals of rain. san francisco and the east bay and south bay. you're also going to see some rain there. but we're really seeing is situated the most along the n rth bay. if you are in that santa rosa area. we're looking at our rain totals here, half an inch of rain here in santa rosa. you can see trace amounts of rain in the south bay expected to make its way. our highs for today. so jacket where the day all in the mid to lower 50's here along montero, you've got 5455 in san bruno foster city 56 and carlos upper 50's here in the south bay mid to upper 50's milpitas 54 out in sonoma. 54 here in the east bay oakland, a rhythm raga all or

well, 3 months in union city at 65 oakland and berkeley. a nice 63 degrees this afternoon. north bay temperatures not quite as warm, but also you've got the tradeoff there because you're not quite as breezy as you were yesterday. so today's going to feel just as nice now, tomorrow, temperatures right around the same as today and we're going to remain in those low to mid 60's through sunday monday of next week. we day of the month and tuesday, your first day of february. no chance of rainfall just yet. but temperatures getting a little bit cooler. now, as far as we go on our bridges, definitely a foggy impacted again. visibility is fine at the bay bridge toll plaza. but there are spots in the vicinity that aren't so great. as far as visibility goes so slow your roll, give yourself that extra time this morning. san mateo bridge, a 12 minute drive at the limit. definitely an easy commute across the richmond center fell where chp has issued a dense fog advisory and for the golden gate bridge, 20 minutes across at 37 to the tolls anyways and not a lot of traffic, but there is so

ip berkeley seven. that refers to the seven people who have now died as a result of the collapse. seven other people were injured in that 40 ft. drop down to the street below. berkeley mayor jesse a. diggin tweeted his condolences, saying , i am saddened to hear of the passing of fifa barry, who was instrumental in advancing state legislation to make sure such tragedies never happen again. we will always honor her memory and those we lost in the june 2015 balcony collapse. barry was 27 years old. king tides cause some flooding today want to show you what it looked like in marin county because he a lot of standing water was in the roadways building a transit had to reroute some bus service around the flooded areas. and in san francisco, there was flooding along being marketed aero small crowds gathered to watch water from the bay lack over the seawall onto the sidewalk. king tides are expected to continue into tomorrow. let's bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. now with a look at more of what w

when i kind of diner in berkeley has closed its doors. but he's ocean view diner on fourth street in berkeley has been in business for 40 years and says a covid related shortage. labor shortage forced the closure. it's not clear if the closures permanent or if the diner is going to reopen when more workers can be found. the longtime business closed once before the start of the pandemic in march of 2020, but after three months, the community rallied and the diner reopened. a 17 year old ordinance in the south bay is getting new pushback. it requires a permit for people to hand out food and supplies to the homeless in san jose's parks, ktvu is jesse gary has more. i think it's a way to like, make things harder as things are hard as if things are hard enough for the homeless already and their advocates and average sign posted in st james park is generating a groundswell of opposition item five lists, handing out food and clothing to the house residents as illegal except by permit. how you doing man? nearly five years ago, resident complaints

berkeley's now enforcing a new covid vaccine and booster mandate for students. certain businesses will tell you what that could mean for locals and the forty-niners, as we've been saying, are preparing to face the rams in the nfc championship game this weekend. we'll have more details on that coming up in a live report. we'll be right back. any parent will tell you the second you have a kid, it's like your heart is living outside of your body, which means you never, ever stop worrying. that's why we got health insurance and for way less than we thought was possible. the kids' doctor and dental check-ups are free, and i get screenings for my cholesterol and my blood pressure. don't get me wrong, i still worry. just a little less. covered california. this way to health insurance. enrollment ends january 31st at coveredca.com covered california. this way to health insurance. ccident, i wondered what my case was worth. covered california. this way to health insurance. so i called the barnes firm. when that car hit my motorcycle, insurance wasn't fair. so i called th

a number of shelters are posting with #bettywhitechallenge including berkeley humane, alameda shelter, berkeley senior dog rescue. >> starting thursday we started seeing an up tick in donations. >> reporter: this ceo and founder says every donation makes a difference adding they've seen increase in requests to take dogs from many shelters and most donations go to veterinary care. as donations come in, betty white today is not only being honored for her legacy on the screen but the mark she continues to leave on others to make a difference. >> this is little roxanne. she weighs all of six pounds. she's getting the healthcare that she needed and she'll be available for adoption. >> reporter: many of the local shelters are posting on social media about the challenge attaching links to where you can locate. it's honoring betty white while also making a difference for some animals. back to you. >> i love that. thanks so much. >>> coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, thieves made away a large amount of jewelry at lori loughlin's home. how much they got away with. >>> a massive

. >> also in the east bay, the berkeley unified school district says almost 2 dozen staff members did not return to to work today after testing positive for covid in a message to parents. the superintendent says it of the 12,000 covid tests given out to students and staff just over 5,000 results have been reported of those results 71 students reported testing positive and 21 staff members as of friday, 23 teachers have reported it. it would not be at work today. the school says anyone who has tested positive since december. 24th is in isolation and not allowed to return to work and the west contra costa unified school district says it has distributed about 15,000 testing kits to students and their families over the weekend. but the district says the drive-thru pickup stations for test is just one step of several that they're taking to try to keep students safe and slow the spread tomorrow they'll be opening 3 new testing sites to students and staff district-wide you can find all those locations for testing on our website. kron 4 dot com. >> and right now on kron 4 dot com. you can get

but not before becoming involved in the planning effort for the college of california in berkeley across the bay from san francisco. earlier in 1861 while he had been in new york prior to the civil war he paired a plan for the hartford retreat for the insane which inevitably led him to consider considerations about the relationship between individuals education, community, health, and the environment. what might be termed an informal grouping of cottages on structures in the trees north of strawberry creek. several of which you can see here. the emphasis was upon a rural enclave of the domestic nature. it was removed from the big city across the bay and it was to join a small residential community. after he returned to east, david out of the central green which is in the drawing, with the distant view on access to the golden gate this is following we all know that bernard maibach and john galen howard blew it out all the way and they were both trained in paris and abandon his skin under the patriot suit rehearsed ÃÃthe only remaining elements are of strawberry creek and one curb drive

and new this morning, the city of berkeley announcing new covid vaccines. they have a little vaccine mandates and also booster mandates. it applies to certain businesses. so let's see who applies to travelers. camila barco has that live this morning. good morning, kayla. >> good morning. joya. cnn city's health officer is requiring 2 things that businesses the first one is requiring employees at certain berkeley to be up to date on their vaccinations and the second order says that businesses are now going to require their customers to show proof of vaccination. so these orders go into effect starting february 7. and by then businesses, nonprofits and other organizations are going to be asking people if they're fully vaccinated. this goes for bars. entertainment venues, gyms and any large indoor event with 500 or more people. so this means if you are 5 years or older, you have to show proof that you're fully vaccinated to go inside those places. the state officer says that these are public places where the virus can spread easily by stay up to date on the va

list includes quite a few bay area campuses including uc berkeley, san jose state. student to volunteer 450 hours will earn $10,000 to pay off loans or other college expenses at participating schools. >> $10,000, that is a lot of money. that is a big deal. 6500 people. if this thing works, we can go back to legislature and take it to another whole level. we can take it to the rest of the country because nobody else is doing this. kumasi: californians for all college core started as a pilot program after winning approval from the state legislature. reggie: a 17-year-old yolo county high school senior has joined an elite club of students with a perfect sat score. they answered every single question correctly. he says he prepared whenever he had free time. that is pretty busy as vice captain of the robotics team, student body president and recently took up a job as a software engineering intern. he talked about which part of the test was the most difficult. >> the first section, for sure. the reading sections, you are reading these long passages and then they ask you a

this is a familiar scene appear near the oakland berkeley line. i am reporting live. >> we really appreciate the update and we appreciate you being out there for us this morning. thank you. of a cell signal out there is no great which is what our free -- why our camera was freezing. we are going to move on, and mother of a man who was shot is calling for an end to the violence. new details. >> i am still in shock. i am numb. but i have faith in god and i know that god has me. >> mourning the loss of her son, ronald sanders. he had just finished up work and went to see his cousins. and men came up to him and shot him multiple times. >> he was happy and he got along with everybody. >> the gunmen continued walking down the street was a fire station. a firefighter went do one a colleague and the gunman fired four rounds into the firemen's car as he tried to get to safety. >> we are not sure what he targeted them. they did not confront him. >> the suspect did not know sanders or the firefighters out of this was a senseless act of violence. as a gunman