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

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

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

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

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

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 and uc berkeley. police are investigating an assault on a cow student campus police report. a female student got into an argument with three women. it keeps bar and grill on durant avenue at one o'clock this morning. authorities say the three women then started kicking and punching the student while they were in line for the restroom. the student then went outside but was confronted again by the same group of women campus. police say the women attacked the student again. no word on the victim's condition. but she was able to go back to her home and talk with berkeley police. a french bulldog stolen from her family has been reunited with their owners. cameras captured the moment someone grabbed the dog on his stand. antonio street in san jose ktvu zambelli spoke with the family after this happy reunion. i'm happy. yeah, i can't believe she's back so fast . this is surveillance video given to me by the hernandez family from wednesday night about eight o'clock. it shows a man dealing down looking through

berkeley humane is seeing a rise in donations. and for more on that, we're joined by the director of development and communications. morgan pulley bank. morgan thank you so much for joining us. i mean, doug on it. wouldn't you know it the power of social media here it started, with betty's fans asking people to donate $5 to any rescuer shelter after her death, and this just really exploded. how much money have you guys seen at berkeley humane. yeah you know, it's just been wonderful outpouring of support so far we've seen over 300 donors donate over $12,000 to the humane in betty white's memory. and we're just thrilled to be able to honor betty white's legacy and to be able to put that money to you saving gods and cats from the bay area. how specifically will that money be used? where does it go? and when you say it goes specifically to saving them? what do you mean by that? well i can give you this just an example of one of the ways that we've helped dogs and cats recently when and um there was an owner of two cats, too, sadly pa

now to berkeley, where police say they arrested a 15 year old boy who was found with a bb gun at berkeley. high school officers responded around noon yesterday to a fight involving several students. witnesses say two students had threatened others with what appeared to be a handgun. the two ran from the officers, but were detained a short time later. police then say they found a bb gun in one of the students, backpacks that closely resembled a real handgun . a 15 year old boy who does not attend berkeley high was arrested. checking on the forecast tomorrow's friday the weekend just around the corner. all have the five day in just a minute, bill. let's go to the ktvu alex savage. now with a look at some of the stories we're working on for the seven o'clock news over on ktvu. plus, alex. alright, andre. thank you coming up tonight. oakland school teachers are threatening to go on strike over their demands for more covid safety measures will tell you about the deadline the teachers union has given to the district. plus a major development in the ongoing search for a missing stanford nurse. w

berkeley police are looking for a custom designed bus that's been stolen . police say the joy bus was parked on summit road in the berkeley hills when it was stolen. it belongs to a couple who had planned to travel the country and visit family. it has the word joy written right there across the top and north carolina license plates. anyone who has seen it is asked to call berkeley police and sonoma county, petaluma. police are on the lookout for this man who they say romney cvs pharmacy just last night, officers say the man forced his way into the business on mcdowell boulevard. ordered employees to open the register and stole cash. the man also stole medication from a pharmacy safe and shelves. he was wearing a black hoodie and light colored jeans. police are also investigating whether or not a similar robbery in santa rosa last week is connected to this one in petaluma. fire investigators and police in the east bay have made arrests in two separate intentionally set fires. one of those fires was set on friday outside of business on kirker past road in clay

berkeley santa clara university and cal state east bay gave notice to students this week that classes will resume in person on monday as planned. ecologist started the semester two weeks ago online due to that spike in omicron cases, santa's a state in san francisco state are scheduled to resume in person classes on february 14th. quickly connected the dots and were able to confirm that the pedestrian that died in that fatality was our suspect. a wild sequence of events in the south bay today when a man wanted in connection with a triple stabbing was found dead on a freeway. it is a wide ranging investigation that now involves three law enforcement agencies are crime reporter henry lee has the details. it began at two in the morning wednesday with the report of a stabbing at a home on to hama avenue. not far from reid hillview airport. we gotta call multiple people that were stabbed at this residence. when officers arrived, very chaotic scene. san jose police sergeant christian camarillo said three victims were stabbed at the home . all are expected to survive. a motive is under inves

berkeley had some of these and then we had some as well. in the same area. same ah seem method of operation. one of those cases involving a 95 year old woman who was robbed while walking on a trail in berkeley, a diamond ring in gold necklace worn by the victim's mother taken there, working as hard as they can to identify who this is in san ramon zach sauce, ktvu fox two news. alameda police are now searching for two people involved in an armed robbery. it happened yesterday, just after 6 30 in the evening at the monkey king at the brewery restaurant on park street and buenavista. police say a man and a woman started arguing with a customer there. the man then pulled out a gun and robbed that same customer. they fought over the gun and the gun went off. luckily no one was hurt. if you recognize the two suspects you're asked to contact alameda police. improvements in cancer treatment. the new report that shows deaths from cancer are falling drastically. at first in 90 seconds, 15% of san francisco workers will still be remote next year why the city says it ne

a dangerous in bizarre sight today on interstate 80 in berkeley more than 100 people on bicycles road onto the freeway blocking vehicle traffic. this happened just after two p.m. in the westbound lanes near university avenue highway patrol officer happened to be nearby and ran a traffic brake to slow cars down . chp managed to escort the bicyclist south, the freeway at the powell street exit. the new parkway theater in oakland kicked off its weekend take out service today, while the iconic theater is currently closed for movie screenings, the parkway is offering take out food between noon and six p.m. every saturday and sunday. the food changes weekly, but they are offering vegan vegetarian and omni war options all the time. the theater is also continuing its popular food crate delivery program every tuesday. and friday. all right now to the mountains where power outages in the sierra are now in their 14th day. pgd map here shows more than 3000 customers are still in the dark in sierra nevada plus or an eldorado county's reporter, lisa mitri has more on how residents are dealing witho

there are similar mandates for indoor businesses in san francisco and berkeley. led delaney is executive chef and co owner of chop bar in oakland's jack london square. we've got to do our part. we're on board with it. personally i like having a mandates that we don't have to argue with people about it. he won't have to argue with diego gomez chop bar customer. i follow rules like on my job. they tell you something to do it and i do it. you know, it's just i try to help out the community any way i could. it's all done very reasonably and logically, common sense. logic is really what's going to rule the way this is implemented. oakland city council member dan kalb introduced the emergency ordinance, which also applies to entertainment venues, theaters, gyms and large indoor events and the first time a restaurant owner or a business or a gym fails to comply. they'll get a warning letter and then after that, they'll be subject to fines. oakland restaurants and gyms began posting notices a couple of weeks ago, alerting customers about the requirement. i think you have

berkeley haas business school airline economist severin bornstein says. airlines in effect shot themselves in the foot. the airlines laid off a lot of workers, and even when they didn't they grounded a lot of crew and when crew are grounded, they can't just pop right back into a plane and start again. if they're out for very long, they have to retrain . philip ballard is an executive with group and individual hotel booking. giant hotel planner .com. there's still some lingering after effects of the initial furloughs. i think a lot of employees left for other d'este res didn't want to come back. throw in three major covid surges now a lack of childcare and five weeks of travel holidays. not enough people are being hired back fast enough, while the usual post holiday travel law will give airlines a chance now to catch up. an onslaught of travel, leisure and business is already being booked . people i think have been used to traveling with covid. they're taking a risk based approach. there's two years of pent up travel demand. weddings are back. sports relat

berkeley has a brand new high rise. hotel city leaders attended a ribbon cutting ceremony today for the new residence inn by marriott. it is the first new construction hotel development in downtown berkeley in more than 45 years. it stands 17 stories tall on center street near the intersection of shattuck avenue. the hotel includes more than 15,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space, and it will have a rooftop lounge two, which is set to open next month. san francisco mayor london breed is looking to make too big attractions in golden gate park free for those who live in the city. today the mayor proposed legislation that would make admission to the conservatory of flowers and japanese tea garden free for san francisco residents. botanical garden is already free to residents. the proposal now heads to the board of supervisors budget and finance committee for review later this month. nightlife a series of adults only science minded events at the california academy of sciences in san francisco is starting up ag

berkeley have delayed in person classes for the new term. nurses are holding a day of action at hospitals across the country, demanding the hospital industry invest in safe staffing and work protections. the nursing groups are also criticizing the tempory dision by the california health department to address health workers who test positive for covid to return to work immediately. we spoke with the nurse at good samaritan hospital in san jose, who says he was just terminated last week after taking part in another workers' rights movement. and we're continuing to talk about why the hospital is continuing not to follow through on their promises to increase staff. they keep blaming a nursing shortage that is basically created by the hospital because people don't want to work in environments where it feels dangerous and scary because they're not getting support they need a recent survey of nurses found, 83% said at least half their shifts were in what they considered unsafe staffing. good sama estimate about 15% of office workers will continue t

berkeley unified sent out a request, saying the omicron search is straining its staff. and there is a need for parent helpers. the next 3 to 4 weeks to join testing teams on campus. that is what they're asking for now, and today, parent volunteers began arriving at schools in the palo alto unified school district to help fill the void. there ktvu is rob ross shows us how they're helping out. lunchtime at jail, stanford middle school in palo alto wednesday with teachers and support staff shortages. district wide supervising a scene like this would be difficult, if not impossible. that's where those people in the orange vests come in. they are parent volunteers, filling the void left by covid sick calls, they answered. the districts cry for help. they went pretty good. easier than i thought. at first time mending the lunch line is it was something new community really wanted the schools to be open, so we are doing our little part of helping uh, the schools to stay open. the parallel to unified school district says it has doubled the number of sick cause as usual. we had n

berkeley, irish students died. and seven others were injured in the 40 ft. drop onto the street below. i'll be buried was 27 years old. coming up. gas price watchers forecast another rough year for drivers will tell you what's behind estimates and how much the average family can expect to spend. and one of football's most controversial players, walks out on his team in the middle of the game. we will have the details later on sports. and wondering what to do with all those empty boxes from your online shopping coming up in our next half hour, the program that encourages people to do more when you have xfinity, you have entertainment built in. which is kind of nice. ah, what is happening. binge-watching is in the bag, when you find all your apps, all in one place. find live sports faster just by using your voice... sports on now. touchdown irish! [cheering] that was awesome. and, the hits won't quit, with peacock premium included at no additional cost. all that entertainment built in. xfinity. a way better way to watch. the u. s and its allies quote will resp

next door will have to move, according to berkeley side shape and east plans to open what it calls a welcoming bar next door. japanese owns a space and has sub leased it to the tapas restaurant. cesar for 24 years. the owner of cesar says he was told last summer that the least would not be renewed and was given a one year extension until july. some neighbors are upset by that plan. the california state university system has announced that it will not raise tuition for the upcoming academic year. that announcement came during the csu board of trustees meeting. tuition will remain the same at all. 23 campuses, which is around $5700 a year, but it can get up to $7000 depending on fees, according to the governor's budget proposal, the csu state general fund will increase by more than 7. wasn't bay area colleges will be returning to in person instruction. next week, u c. berkeley santa clara university and cal state east bay gave notice to students this week that classes will resume in person instruction on monday as planned. the colleges started the semester two weeks ago. online due to

tripathi head of mission operations at uc berkeley space sciences lab. i'll be great to have you on here today to talk about this. you know a lot of people intrigued by what is going to unfold here in early march, 1st off describe what we're talking about. what is this piece of space junk? how big is it and what happens when it crashes into the moon? i imagine that leaves a mark. yeah thanks for having me. i'm still explain that let me back up and explain how this got to be in space in the first place. about seven years ago. nasa sent of, uh, spacecraft called discoverer standing for the deep space climate observatory. the job of the spacecraft was to keep an eye on the sun and warned the earth in advance of any kind of geomagnetic storms solar flares because that could disrupt gps satellites, your traffic, etcetera. so in order to get it to the right orbit, it contract and rocket company in this case spacex to put the satellite and what we call the sun earth lagrange point and that's kind of a special region of space because it is a point where the larg

and talk to berkeley police. a family in the south bay is now reunited with their french bulldog that had been stolen by thieves. surveillance camera captured the moment someone grabbed the dog on wednesday from the front yard of a san jose home. last night, a couple found chula less than a mile away. they say they recognized her from a notice on a neighborhood app. the dog's owner says he doesn't think the thieves dumped her. don't think they dumped her. i think she might have squirmed her way out. she's it's funny because we call her crazy legs because when i want to hold her a lot of time , it's very hard to hold her. she's very strong. and so i'm thinking that they might have fumbled her and dropped her and she just took off on him. the family had offered $1000 reward for the dogs safe return. they say they'll be working that out with a couple who found her a rare joint appearance from the nation's top military leaders, with general milley and defense secretary austin both saying the us remains committed to o

berkeley's innovative genomics institute. we met the covid testing lab director dr petros 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

the search for answers after this wild ride now to berkeley, where police say they arrested a 15 year old boy who was found with a bb gun at berkeley high school officers responded around noon yesterday to a fight involving several students. witnesses say two students had threatened others with what appeared to be a handgun. the two ran from the officers but were detained a short time later, police say they found a bb gun in one of the students, backpacks that closely resembled a real handgun. a 15 year old boy who does not attend berkeley high was arrested these eh francisco city attorney turning up the heat in the weeks long investigation into a covert testing site. the city attorney's office has filed a series of subpoenas looking into the companies involved. ktvu christien kafton has been following the story as it unfolded and he joins us now with details. christian andre remember. it was just last week that the city attorney's office said that it had sent letters to these covid testing companies requesting information about whether their licenses were currently the city attorney'

berkeley police say they have arrested a man they believe carried out at least three unprovoked attacks on campus. authorities described one attack at the hospice school of business where a victim was pushed from behind. causing injuries to his face. the suspect was booked on suspicion of resisting arrest and probation violation. the state attorney general announced today . he's opening a civil rights investigation into the santa clara county sheriff's office as ktvu is andre senior reports. the move comes amid multiple accusations of corruption and misconduct aimed at sheriff laurie smith. today i am launching a civil rights investigation into the santa clara county, garrett's office, california attorney general rob bonta announcing wednesday, but he's launched an investigation to determine whether the sheriff's office engaged in a pattern and practice of unconstitutional and unlawful conduct. this investigation comes amidst deeply concerning allegations relating to conditions of confinement. in the offices. jail facilities resistance to lawful oversight and other misconduct among the

john schwartzberg, an infectious disease specialist at uc berkeley, said he expects another spike in cases because of these sports gatherings. he said. the best thing to do is keep parties small. if you're going to choose to go to a party indoors with a group of friends make sure that they're all vaccinated and boosting and if possible, have guests take a rapid test before showing up? i for one, i'm not, you know, saying don't go and enjoy life or engaged with life in a meaningful way. but there's still a lot of omicron circulating even though we're definitely coming down the mountain, dr peter chen hong at ucsf said. there's still a lot of virus out there. he understands. people want to enjoy the niners success, but said it's important to take personal responsibility. as a person. you have to think about your risk and benefit and who you are, if you're immune compromise. if you are older than 65 not boost it. you just probably want to keep your covid guard up a little bit more. one way to do this is to upgrade your mask. both doctors say k n 95 are the best. then n 95 or even a surg

looking towards berkeley. you can see all those red lights. it is going to take you a little bit to get home. so make sure you a lot some extra time, but the weather is great for a ride home. new year, new start. and now comcast business is making it easy to get going with the ready. set. save. sale. get started with fast and reliable internet and voice for $64.99 a month with a 2-year price guarantee. it's easy... with flexible installation and backing from an expert team, 24/7. and for even more value, ask how to get up to a $500 prepaid card. get a great deal for your business with the ready. set. save. sale today. comcast business. powering possibilities. closed its doors, the iconic diner that had been in business for 40 years, says covid related labor shortage forced the closure. it's not clear if the closure is permanent or if the diner will reopen when more workers can be found. the longtime business closed once before at the start of the pandemic in march, 2020. but after three months, the community rallied and the diner reopened. a p

berkeley police are looking for a man responsible for at least three unprovoked attacks. police say the man pictured here carried out the attacks in a 24 hour period earlier this week. all the incidents happened on the calle campus. authorities describe what attack at the high school of business, saying the victim was pushed from behind, causing injuries to his face, police say if you see this person use caution and call uc berkeley police across the bay were san francisco mayor london breed is supporting a measure that authorizes police to temporarily use cameras to respond to crime. under current law, the use of real time video by police faces significant challenges except when there is imminent danger or the threat of death to people. during the recent organized retail theft we saw in union square police commander said to tell officers not to monitor live camera feeds. police say they face similar obstacles and disrupting open air drug markets in the tenderloin san ramon. police have arrested two people in connection with the theft of tens of thousands of dollars worth

delaying in person learning includes sonoma state, cal, east bay and cal berkeley. they have all delayed in person classes for the new term. the situation involving the covid search teams to change by the hour, but you can stay up to date with us. just go to our website ktvu dot com we have a special covid section with all of the news you need. all right, sir. hands, sir. hand the man who assassinated robert f. kennedy in 1968 will not be released from prison. governor newsom made the announcement today. alex savages here with the tails, plus what? newsom told us about his decision. alex well, entree, a parole board declined to free sir. hunt 15 previous times over the decades, but then it is surprise move last summer. it determined the 77 year old is no longer a danger to public safety and recommended parole. still, the final decision was in governor newsom's hands. tomorrow was the deadline for the governor to make his choice , he told our political reporter greg lee earlier today that he waited until the last minute because he wanted to give the decision. the ser

berkeley san francisco states and jose state and c sus bay are among the 45 colleges statewide, where students can receive as much as $10,000 in grants and scholarships. for the first time . we are very proud to announce that the college score will include 85 40 eligible dreamers in a state service program. as many of you may know. americorps programs are not currently including dreamers because it's federally funded so in california with state funding, we are changing this. the students will do work in three priority areas. k through 12 education, climate action and food insecurity. each university will provide students with information on how to apply this program will launch in the fall. today. pg and e begins work on a san francisco project that's meant to make it electrical system more reliable. the utility will reroute to heavy duty underground power lines. now they currently connect to a substation in daly city. when this project is finished, those lines will hook up about four miles away at a new switching station near hunters point. that work starts today on egbert aven peopl

there are similar mandates for indoor businesses in san francisco and berkeley. lev delany is executive chef and co owner of chop bar in oakland's jack london square. we've got to do our part. we're on board with it. personally i like having a mandate that we don't have to argue with people about it. he won't have to argue with diego gomez chop bar customer. i follow rules like on my job. they tell you something to do it and i do it. you know, it's just i try to help out the community any way i could. it's all done very reasonably and logically, common sense. logic is really what's going to rule the way this is implemented. oakland city council member dan kalb introduced the emergency ordinance, which also applies to entertainment venues, theaters, gyms and large indoor events. and the first time a restaurant owner or a business or a gym fails to comply. they'll get a warning letter and then after that, they'll be subject to fines. oakland restaurants and gyms began posting notices a couple of weeks ago, alerting customers about the requirement. i think you have

berkeley had some of these and then we had some as well. in the same area. same. oh i've seen method of operation one of those cases involving a 95 year old woman who was robbed while walking on a trail in berkeley. the suspects fitting a similar description. children also in the car, a diamond ring in gold necklace worn by the victim's mother taken. san ramon. police say they are working with other area agencies. to catch them there working as hard as the canada to identify who this is. and the victim in today's robbery, a 68 year old male. meantime they're urging anyone going on a walk to make sure that they don't do it alone. if they're in this city, they're also asking anyone with information on these robberies to call the police department. we live in san ramon zach sauce, ktvu fox two news and urgent search underway for someone who targeting the elderly people tonight. in the same moron area . thank you so much sack well. san jose police are searching for homicide suspect police released images and surveillance video of a car they say may be connected to a d

berkeley unified sent out a request, saying the ikhwan surges straining its staff and that it too, needs pair of volunteers over the next 3 to 4 weeks. coming up today. here on the four president biden takes his voting rights push to capitol hill by it might not be enough to unite democrats in his favor. and in weather. high clouds continue to stream into the bay area, but no raindrops expected. in fact, this dry weather pattern could stick around for quite some time. we'll have the forecast update when you have xfinity xfi, you have peace of mind built in at no extra cost. advanced security helps keep your family protected online. pause wifi whenever for ultimate control with the xfinity app. and family-safe browsing gives parents one less thing to worry about. security, control and peace of mind. with xfinity xfi, it's all built in at no extra cost. push to capitol hill today, but will his in person presidential visit be enough to unite democrats boxes? lauren blanchard has more for us now from washington. as long as i have a breath in me, as long as i'm in the white house, as long as

berkeley's innovative genomics institute. we met the covid testing lab director dr petros 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 . we have a fully automated laboratory that has robots that do all of the work. most pcr test can be analyzed within a day or average turnaround times about 24 hours. but dr giannakopoulos says the reason some labs are seeing 3 to 7 day delays in results is that they might not have the same barcode system

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in the gun owners home several bay area cities, including san francisco, oakland, berkeley and alameda, already have similar gun storage rules. state law already makes it illegal to store a loaded firearm, where it could be accessed bye who is prm ow by police at san francisco international airport last week. the san mateo county coroner's office has identified him as a homeless man. 37 year old nelson set so he was killed thursday inside the airport's international terminal near the bart entrance. authorities say he had two replica air soft guns that resembled real firearms. the state attorney general's office has taken over that investigation. the oakland school district is still negotiating with teachers trying to avoid a strike and what is one of the bay area's biggest school district? ktvu dominican town alive force in our newsroom tell us where negotiations stand and what parents have to say in all this, amanda yes, well, the teachers union originally set a deadline of last friday, saying they would vote to go on strike if an agreement wasn't made by then. but this weekend and la

berkeley law professor amanda tyler clerked for late justice ruth bader ginsburg and knows both women calling them exceptional. it would be wonderful to see the president choose someone who will replace justice breyer and continue to carry the torch for being a careful and thoughtful jurist thinking about how the law affects people in the real world. president biden said he'll pick someone by the end of february, with democrats ready to move quickly setting up a confirmation battle in the senate. republican senator mitch mcconnell writing the president must not outsource this important decision to the radical left. the american people deserve a nominee with demonstrated reverence for the written text of our laws and our constitution. in a nod to the partisan split, the president said he will seek out the advice of senators from both sides of the aisle as well as from vice president harris before making his pick. greg lee ktvu, fox two news president biden has signed an executive order making sexual harassment in the military, a criminal offense. sexual harassment complaints will be ha

let's take it to the college courts in berkeley tonight, mark fox and company in tough against the number seven ranked trojans of usc. down six second half corner. it's granted and #### of it hitting. he had 19 for the bears tonight, there within four. but as a mobley helps the trojans close hard here to three at 19 points, nine rebounds. 77 63 is the final trojans are 13 and o after a sensational start. a great night out on the road for the sandals, a shark's first period. they kind of put the game away as they come out smoking in that first period, seven minutes left in it. and they go wild scored three goals that much time left nick bonino will get into andrew corigliano and matt nieto. life for layout just like that. it's one nothing in a minute and a half later, san jose won't break it and on the boards watching cotton where the ref is and who comes up with it other than the timo meier dings, the post and that is his 14th san jose up to nothing and on the brakes still in that first period, alexander barbuda leaves it back for turtle wax. it is 17th of the year. three lead. they hold

berkeley's dr john schwartzberg cautioning this viruses and difficult to predict in the past, and it may be still in the future, concerned about the potential for another variant to arise. if it's a very that is something far worse. first than delta and macron, something that can evade our community we get from a previous infection or the immunity we get from vaccines. then all bets are off, but describing that as a worst case scenario if we don't have another variant that is really problematic by the summer, we could really be a period where we're going to say, you know, we're living with this. we can realistically be much more relaxed. and both experts agreeing the fastest way for us to get to that endemic is far more people to get vaccinated. live in oakland. zach sauce ktvu fox two news. all right, zack. thank you. alrighty pretty nice day out there again today. another warm one. we've been on the warm side down for few weeks. temperatures in the mid sixties even upper sixties yesterday we had a 76 in santa rosa temperatures as we head into tomorrow will be just like these. these

a dangerous and bizarre side today on interstate 80 in berkeley, more than 100 people on bicycles road onto the freeway blocking vehicle traffic . this happened just after two p.m. in the westbound lanes near university avenue. highway patrol officer happened to be nearby and rent a traffic brake to slow cars down. chp managed to escort us bicyclists off the freeway at the powell street exit. it's not much, but the average price of regular grade gasoline dropped two cents over the past three weeks. it's now at 3 39 a gallon, but industry analysts say prices at the pump can start rising again because the cost of crude oil car is going up. nationwide the highest average price for regular grade gasses right here in the bay area at 4 74 a gallon the lowest average price remains in houston at 2 79 a gallon the u. s labor department says employers added about 200,000 jobs last month, less than half of what was expected and well below the monthly average for 2021. this is happening despite unemployment numbers following in december to just under 4. ktvu tom vacar breaks down the numbers. the

uc berkeley has revoked its official recognition of three fraternities over hazing related incidents that chronicle reports chi thigh and data delta chi how their status stripped until january 2026 while sigma alpha absalon has its revoked until january, 2029 you see, officials have not disclosed what kind of hazing incidents led to the status change. the school says the fraternities are not allowed to recruit students on campus while they're unrecognized. more than 5000. pgd customers remained without power in the sierra. it's been two weeks since the snowstorm caused widespread outages there. pgd is getting help from other utility company still we're storing service has been difficult, they say, because there is a so much damage and some affected areas are hard to reach. half a million households lost power in that storm. pjd says more of its sierra customers will have electricity by tuesday. the shared number of downed power line remains a big problem to contracting electrical workers fell 50 ft and had to be hospitalized. liberia weather looks like kind of a quiet weather stretch

john schwartzberg, an infectious disease specialist at uc berkeley, said he expects another spike in cases because of these sports gatherings. he said. the best thing to do is keep parties small. if you're going to choose to go to a party indoors with a group of friends make sure that they're all vaccinated and boosting and, if possible, have guests take a rapid test before showing up i for one, i'm not you know, saying don't go and enjoy life or engaged with life in a meaningful way. but there's still a lot of omicron circulating even though we're definitely coming down the mountain, dr peter chin hong at ucsf said. there's still a lot of virus out there. he understands. people want to enjoy the niners success, but said it's important to take personal responsibility. as a person. you have to think about your risk and benefit. and who you are, if you're immune compromise if you're older than 65 not boosted, you just probably wanna keep your covid guard up a little bit more. one way to do this is to upgrade your mask. both doctors say k n 95 are the best. then n 95 or even a surgical

a dangerous and bizarre sight today on interstate 80 in berkeley. more than 100 people on bicycles road onto the freeway blocking traffic. it happened just after two o'clock this afternoon in the westbound lanes near university avenue. highway patrol officer happened to be nearby and ran a traffic brake to slow those cars down. chp managed to escort the cyclists off the freeway at the powell street exit. hospital in san francisco was asking for help in identifying a patient who has been there since november. st mary's medical center says they can't identify a patient who was admitted on november 25th. she's 67 years old, is bilingual and korean and english and is five ft. tall. she is homeless and is from the richmond district. the hospital says she may have relatives in the center matteo area. anyone who knows her identity is asked to contact st mary's medical center. even though the u. s unemployment fell last month to just under 4% employers added less than 200,000 jobs, and that is far short of expectations and well below the monthly average. fo

berkeley says it expects everyone to get tested for covid before returning to campus. other schools that are also going remote include yale columbia and rice university. thousands of students in the west contra costa unified school district received covid-19 at home testing kits. today the kids were provided to the district by the california department of public health district officials are asking that students take the test before returning to school tomorrow. the district was given 30,000 tests and has made available videos in english, spanish, cantonese, arabic and vietnamese on how to administer the tests. um we're recommending that they test before they come back tomorrow morning, and they will upload their test results into their school database. and then each school site also does weekly testing that families often too, and our students have the opportunity to test weekly at school as well. starting on february 18th all students aged 12 and older will need to be fully vaccinated to continue in person learning unless they haven't approved medical exemptions. wel

several bay area cities, including san francisco, oakland and berkeley, have similar gun storage rules. san francisco mayor london breed asked the board of supervisors today to approve $22.5 million to pay for overtime for the city's police and fire departments. breed says the departments are suffering from staffing shortages that have become worse due to covid and staff departures and that members of both departments have been working overtime to fill shifts. to keep people safe. this month, uniform staffing levels are down 20% across sfpd and 16% across sf fd compared to pre pandemic levels, rubies, emeralds and vintage watches. all of it ripped off in seconds, thousands of dollars stolen from an antique store with a rich history. in san francisco's richmond district. new tonight ktvu zach sauce as the story i don't know what to do. i don't know for 46 years, phyllis nab han says she's run this antique store inclement street in san francisco through earthquakes, and then covid which almost wiped her out. i couldn't come this store for a month and now reeling from the loss of more tha

several bay area cities do have similar gun stores rules, including san francisco and oakland, as well as berkeley and alameda state law makes it illegal to store a loaded firearm where it could be accessed by a child or a person who is prohibited. from owning guns, and san jose could soon be the first city in the nation to place restrictions on legal gun owners. city council members are set to vote tomorrow on a new ordinance requiring every household with a gun owner to have liability insurance and paying annual fee. san jose mayor sam liccardo first introduced this proposal more than two years ago. in alameda county sheriff's recruit who was killed in a freeway shooting in oakland was honored today by family, friends and law enforcement. deputies in officer stood at attention as david wins flag draped casket was taken from a livermore church. police say he was killed in a freeway shooting near the bay bridge toll plaza earlier this month. he was driving home to san francisco in his prius after a day of training at the sheriff's academy in dublin. even though we know there are many dangers we fa

traffic lights were out along claremont avenue in berkeley, and this whole foods on telegraph avenue had to throw out some of its perishable refrigerated items because of an outage that lasted hours. we found some residents running generators anxiously awaiting the pjd people to come and turn out our electricity. this is major for me. jerry lazar in rock. ridge said she lost power friday night, she said, she stays home all the time because of the pandemic. and was trying her best to keep items in her fridge from going bad. the refrigerator. i took a couple of things out of the refrigerator and shut it and threatened everyone not to open it until this is over to my food doesn't spoil. the genie is making some progress. the last report we got from them was that now a little more than 11,000 customers were without power. i just checked their website. there are scattered outages throughout the bay area, but definitely the most in the east bay in the piedmont area, reporting live in oakland. i'm elissa harrington ktvu fox. two news widespread damage because of all that wind listen. thank