. >>> 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

-frp the assault took place this afternoon on the south side of the school business in berkeley. the police say the plan in this photo violent -- the man in this photo caused injuries to his face when he fell. the same suspect is likely responsible for three separate assaults on campus in just the last 24 hours. >>> shocking video showing a burglary crews rapid crime spree through the south bay today. the suspects are still on the run. we have a common thread in all of these crimes. >> san jose police are searching for the group of thieves, they say, worked together to hit a half-dozen businesses early this morning. their main target, cash inside of atm machines. >> we do believe the group was working together. different vehicles, same people. >> reporter: they were working in coordination. the driver of the truck jumps in to drag and steal the shop's atm. >> it occurred all over the city from the south into downtown they worked at warp speed, breaking into half a dozen businesses from 3:00 until 4:30 this morning hitting liquor stores and a nail salon and a safeway. each time al

dan: uc berkeley announced it will begin the semester with most classes offered remotely. some students and staff expressed concern that berkeley was the only university of california undergraduate campus not planning to offer remote learning. full in person instruction will resume on january 31. ama: hospitalizations among children under five have hit a pandemic high. according to the cdc, the rate is up to 4.3 per 100,000. the cdc signed off on on recommendation to get a moderna booster five months after your initial series instead of six, and the supreme court heard arguments over vaccine mandates today. the conservative majority seems ready to reject the requirement for large businesses. dan: alyssa lou withdrew from the u.s. figure skating championships after testing positive for coronavirus. she said she was fully vaccinated, was wearing a mask, and twice tested positive for covid before traveling to nashville. she then tested positive this morning. the east bay native was third in the short program thursday and in good position to make the olympic team. ama: the bay

. >> 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. >>

looking at the east bay near berkeley, orinda, moraga. a few more showers as we head through the afternoon, scattered light showers through this evening. here we are at 7:00 p.m. and here we are at 11:00 p.m. looking at a few showers possible tomorrow and otherwise dropping out in the afternoon, wednesday, thursday, and another chance for more rain with a weather system friday, drier weather looking to saturday and sunday with partly sunny skies. so we have a system today and another one by the end of our work week. >> then the weekend looks good. >> oh yeah. >> thank you. >>> many of us discovered benefits of having a furry pet at home during the pandemic. now some people in japan are taking desire for companionship with a new level with robot pets. >> some electronic animals use artificial intelligence to mimic habits of owners. prices range from $200 all the way to 3,000. i guess you don't have to feed it or clean up after it. >> true but for $3,000 you better get in the kitchen and cook some meals too. that's a lot of money. >> put it

. >>> usc the other day and now mark fox and the cal bears number five, ucla and berkeley. the difference in this one, want to 14 from deep where the bears and 50 turnovers for the bruins take away here. >>> san francisco hosting san diego. 31-23, gave them a drive-in. almost thirsted away. lien instinet one and he nails it. he did it on offense and defense. here's the defensive portion. takes it away and with his right hand scoops it up and in. he had a game-high 27 points, they crews 88-73. >>> a natural hatchet from the sharks player and in overtime thriller in the city of brotherly love and now a former shark may not be getting >>> welcome back. evander kane's then i smelted and because of that the sharks may be holding onto a whole lot of cash. san jose is attended to terminate the contract due to cause. to remove the $23 million cap hit to remaining in his contract. today he was placed on waivers, other teams will have 24 hours to claim him. if unclaimed, nhl players association is expected to file a grievance on his part to prevent the contract termination. the shark

alongside her father thomas berkeley, who founded the paper. she was 74 years old. >> now to colorado. a fast-moving wildfire decimated hundreds of homes north of denver. officials estimated 500 homes were destroyed yesterday. but the state's governor says as many as 1000 homes may have burned. fire officials say it is likely the fire was sparked by power lines down by winds. amazingly, no casualties reported. morgan norwood has more on the fire being called the most destructive in state history. >> god help us. >> the wildfire catastrophe were sitting by the hour. making it the most destructive in-state history. triggering hundreds of evacuations across multiple towns and cities. >> i have people that need to be evacuated. >> the fire scene from above, seemingly forming a wall around the city of lafayette. the skies turning red. on the ground, the winds fueling the out-of-control flames. will carr in the thick of it. >> hurricane force winds, gusts up to 115 miles per hour. strong enough to flip truck's and fan the flames. >> homes leveled to

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

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

. >> 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

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

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

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 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

he said no, i am staying at berkeley. >> what happened to once a duck always a duck? he's breaking the mold. >> i guess so. >> i was thinking -- >> that's a different green in the oregon green. about covid-19 the more questions and worries we have. calhope can help with free covid-19 emotional support. calhope can help with free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today. anxious about the future, you're not alone. calhope offers free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today. >>> finally, a frightened puppy spent 2 months dodging rescuers on a snowy hillside in the sierra. all thanks to a group of strangers, he's finally back home. >> this german shepherd mix was spooked away from her owner by a train back in october. she spent weeks in the snow and freezing temperatures. it took a team of volunteers to build a trap and set up cameras so they could track her. day and night the group worked to green their trust. >> good samaritans, saints. just amazing individuals who don't know me, didn't know

the most recent assault happened yesterday on the south side of the school of business in berkeley. police say the man in this photograph violently shoved another man from behind, causing injuries to his face when he fell. investigators believe the same suspect is likely responsible for three separate assaults on campus. >>> shocking video showing a burglary crew's rapid crime spree through the south bay. this morning the suspects remain on the run. maria is at the san jose police department with the common thread in all of these crimes. >> san jose police are searching for the group of thieves they say worked together to hit a half dozen businesses, their main target cash inside atm's. >> we believe this group was working together. different vehicles, same group of people. >> surveillance footage shows a pair of suspects working together. after one car smashes the glass store front, the driver of a truck jumps in to help drag and steal the shop's atm. >> this happened all over the city from the south part of the city into downtown. toward the north end of the city. >> san jose poli

tonight, no exception as the sun has finally set this evening for those of you in the east bay over berkeley and temperatures out there right now, widespread low to mid 50's upper 50's for those of you in fremont and san jose. so still 40 with 60's even at the 6 o'clock hour. but overnight lows tonight going to remain in the low to mid 40's slightly cooler than last night. but very similar nonetheless. thanks to that blanket of cloud cover and high temperatures tomorrow. we're going to notice mid 60's for hayward fremont and san jose. that's going to continue there as well as santa rosa. everyo e else, though, remaining or cooling down in the low 60. so it is a long holiday weekend. martin luther king junior day on monday. hopefully you're able to have the day off work and head out and enjoy it with the dry weather. great barbecue or outdoor plans. if you plan a nice run or a hike. and also we are going to see, though, unfortunately, that dry spell continuing for the next 7 days. but hopefully will notice a pattern change. let the end of the month through early february with rain returning.

pushing 40 year old michelle go into tracks at the 42nd street times square station go was born in berkeley and grew up in fremont. she called new york city home for more than a decade. a judge said he would not send marshall. psychiatric facility until after the evaluation prosecutors say they are still investigating the push to determine whether it was a hate crime. we all need to share in responsibility to keeping our street safe drivers pedestrians and you know us included going out there and and responding to these high incident intersections. tonight two men are dead and a woman is still in the hospital after being hit by a car while trying to cross the street highlighting concerns over traffic safety in san jose. now this comes as the city tied its all-time high in traffic deaths last year abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains. how city leaders believe a solution to this growing and serious problem starts with the entire community? the city of san jose may be on its way to a milestone, but it's a record city leaders don't want to break. this is a terrible start of the year. thre

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

happened in october. 19-year-old serenity henderson driving through south berkeley with family and 1-year-old son when gunfire at her car. she died, pregnant with second child. police arrested a man in connection with the murder. >>> san jose passed first in nation gun law and gun rights groups are fighting back. ordinance requires gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay annual fee to go to nonprofits aiming to reduce gun violence. advocates have filed a lawsuit to block the law. head of the national gun rights group dismissed the explanation this is about safety. >> crime is on the rise. what is the response of the san jose city council? tax and regulate its citizens just for exercising a constitutionally guaranteed right. >> also knocked the claim of the ordinance being first of its kind in the nation, describing it as america's most insane form of gun control. earlier this evening i spoke with san jose mayor sam liccardo. >> we know there have been taxes and fees on guns and bullets sold in this country since roughly 1919. it's nothing new. might be a fee attached to gun ow

. >>> in just the past hour evacuation orders lifted for people living on boats in the berkeley marina following this morning's tsunami advisory. >> people were told to get off boats and away from the docks and shore. the concern was that waves could roll in and were one to three feet high could affect anyone near the water. police say they went boat to boat and people heard loud speakers asking them to leave. the red cross was called in to help. >> i got a call from a friend in san francisco and she said be careful because there is something coming. immediately right after that, knock, knock, knock. and then, you know, the words came, you know, got to evacuate immediately. beware and so on like that. so we came up. we came up. we're just like -- now we're shivering cold. >> berkeley police say they ended up evacuating more than 100 people. they have no initial reports of damage or injuries. evacuation orders are lifted but the advisory is still in place. once that lifts, the city will do inspections of the docks to see if there is any damage. >>> our coverage is going to continue thro

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

. >> reporter: uc berkeley professor and infectious disease expert says the fda and cdc is starting to gather data on what is happening with rapid testing. they are finding the tests although quicker than pcr tests are giving more false negatives during the omicron surge. >> we are seeing the rapid tests often take more than a couple of days of illness sometimes before it becomes positive. and sometimes, it just isn't becoming positive for several days. so this suggests maybe the rapid test is having more of a difficult time detecting omicron than it did with the other variants. >> reporter: if you have got covid-like symptoms but get a negative rapid result, always follow it up with a more reliable pcr test. until more data is gathered by the federal government. >>> frankly, we should have always been skeptical with the negative test. after the loss of her husband, joanne says she is just grateful rapid at thes are now available at her fingertips. >> and so in the convenience of your home and you are not around anybody else. >> reporter: earlith exfor the perts say if a rapid test com

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

berkeley is the nation's first city to ban natural gas in most new buildings in 2019. dozens of other places have done the same. >>> the debate about short-term rentals in lake tahoe tips. they are considering an ordinance that would cap the number to 25% of current housing on the north and west shore. peopleanently call it home, want less rentals. lake tahoe has been trying to figure out how to regulate and enforce for years now. rules are tough to make since there are five separate counties in the basin. >>> getting ready for the win at the -- winter olympics. >>> as we mentioned earlier, the olympics are a week away. >> it's hard to fathom. a key member of our team is there. our producer shot this video. it shows robotic disinfectors roaming the hotel she's in. she tweeted it out. it's a fancier roomba. janelle wang will be on her way to beijing shortly. she will report live for us next week. local athletes are in the flavor of the olympics. her coverage starts next thursday. then we have the opening ceremony next friday. >>> it's that time. >> we need one of those

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

>> that is him giving the key note address at an event at berkeley in 2015. he was born in san francisco in 1938. his father was a lawyer who worked with the city's board of education. he attended lowell high school. his younger brother is actually a senior judge of the united states district court in san francisco. his leaving won't change the 6- 3 advantage on the court because his replacement will be nominated by president biden and confirmed by senate democrats. there is already plenty of ideas of about who may replace him. the president has promised to name the first black woman to the high court. he will stay on the court until the end of his term. his term will officially end when his successor is confirmed. we will keep an eye on that. >> thank you. >>> san jose police are investigating a triple stabbing. the suspect was later hit by a truck and died. the stabbing happened around two this morning. three victims were sent to the hospital. police say that the knife wielding suspect was later hit by a truck on andid e. kly enlives ther is residence. knew

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

. >> we're viewing outside this morning at your berkeley hills camera right here. little bit. a little cloud cover scene there in the distance. but fog has not been much of an issue so far this morning. not mention stay true throughout the course of this morning. yesterday we saw a few sprinkles near the coastline. we're not going to tap into that today with mostly clear skies to our south. we do see a storm system that is spinning just south of la. now and also to our north, a few showers up in the pacific northwest. our trend of weather recently in the bay area has been just sit right in the middle of those with are dry weather that we've seen for well over a week now in today into the rest of the week. we're really only heightening that with clear skies. king lear compared to yesterday and keeping that around into tomorrow thursday, friday, so on and so forth until the start of next week's and not a lot of changes to talk about here today is going to be a big clear, just a little cooler than yesterday. highs near the coastline in the 50's. in fact, you'll see a few more 50'

still to come on kron, 4 news at 6.30, uc berkeley infectious disease specialist doctor john schwartz berg, a friend of the program will be joining us live. we have a lot of questions will be talking about a new study in particular. the claims vaccinations protect against covid hospitalization significantly more then do prior infections, protect you against severe disease. >> in the south bay, san jose police shot and killed a suspected carjacker. this happened last night in the area of heading street and park avenue. police say the man was driving a stolen car, attempted a carjacking in santa clara, the suspect who was armed with a gun was not able to car jacked that car. officers say that he drove the original stolen car back to san jose when he caused a major accident at the intersection and injured other drivers. when police arrived, they say that the suspect began shooting at officers. suspect was hit at least one time by police and was taken to a hospital where he later died. the police officers involved were not injured. francisco international airport to the scene of an office

the berkeley fire department received dozens of always for service overnight mainly for fallen trees and power lines. pg&e worked to restore power to thousands of customers and had extra crews on to handle it. neighbors say they won't forget the wind. >> we had windows banging, i had to keep getting up and fixing them. >>> this was the scene early this morning in napa. gusts reportedly reached nearly 50 miles per hour in the area. some are without power still on the. >>> this morning nearly 30,000 homes and businesses had no power. by 2:30, the company said they had cut that number down to 16,000. the green and yellow areas are still in the dark right now. the east bay is still taking the biggest hit reporting close to 15,000 outages for its customers. >>> we are not just tracking strong winds and power outages. we are also tracking this. wildfires in january. new view tonight of the colorado fire. this is burning south of caramel along the coast on down to big sur. highway 1 shut down between those kmeents. the flames broke out before 7:00 last night and has grown to 1500 acres. str

up until today, berkeley had been the only one of uc campuses not to start the semester virtually. in person instruction will resume january 31st. oak grove school district in san jose will begin a new outdoor masking policy for schools next week. students and staff will now be required to mask up outside unless in a mask break areas or while eating, drinking, or participating in physical activity. officials say the additional layer of protection will help keep everyone safe. the majority of parents do not like the policy. 54% rejected it when sent out by the district last month. >> to keep reeling things in from kids when cases have not shown to be spread at school is difficult for me as a parent to understand. >> i'm going to trust public health leaders and school district leaders to decide what is the safest measure for our kids, and so far, i have been really happy with the safety measures that have been taken. >> in oakland, 12 schools were forced to close today because of a teacher sick out. teachers are demanding more safety protocols on campus. >> we had almost a quarter of

berkeley another district dealing with dozens of case. before the break the school gave out 24,000 tests. at least 227 people tested positive. the school says they stayed home. district says it's detected just six cases where the person was actually on site at school or at work. over all, the take home tests were successful in keeping the virus out of the school. >> south bay school district is in one of the hardest hit areas is also trying to make it easy for students to get tested. san jose school district offering free testing for students all week. and unlike all the other sites we have been showing, there is little to know wait at the schools. >> school doesn't start for another week here. they're using an extra week to make sure children return to school safely. they wish their numbers were higher. >> they are getting their testing done before returning to second and fifth grade. covid testing. >> we saw a lot of people the past few weeks. we want to make sure they're healthy. before they go back to school. >> sharon says the county

today will be the last dry day. 3232 34 in berkeley. richmond, below freezing. 27 in santa rosa. you get the idea. even at the coast. san francisco is the only place around 40 degrees. afteafteafteafte little bit of a break. nobody is really much warmer. the golden gate bridge is dark and cold. we'll attract some 'll attract' tomorrow. -- we will trackckck arriving tomorrow. liz: a crash happened just before 9:30 last night. when officers arrived, they found a car engulfed in flames. two people died after the car crashed into a tree. expected to be ok. investigating a deadly shooting in the richmond district on new year's eve. neighbors say the area is struggling with an increase in crime. question you hear about carjackings, pocket theft -- there are a bunch of homeless people. liz: they are looking they are nissan sedan in connection with the shooting. abc 7 news i i i i i building a better bay area. covid has dramatically changed how students learn and what they do when they return from winter break. the first big test will not have anything to do with math or science, but mak

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

the same throughout berkeley richmond or or august. so if you're traveling along highway 24. 80 one, 23 take your 13 were seen rain there as well. future cast. we will get a break at some point today in terms of rain early tomorrow morning. looks like we could see more showers, but situated in the north bay. so santa rosa overnight into the early morning hours as what we're going to be looking at. we're going to look at your full forecast. coming up, make sure today's the day you leave your house just a little earlier but for now we'll send it back to you. let's take a look at some of the bridges in the bay area. you're talking about leaving a little bit earlier. a look at the raindrops on our camera there. so yes, you will be hitting wet roads. the good part is even if you might hydroplaning little bit. you have plenty of room to compensate. >> look at all that space as you are heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza. no problems into san francisco. i crossed it out a little earlier, not windy. so that's a good news right there from

loved one was pushed in front of a subway train in new york city. 40-year-old, michelle go was born in berkeley and grew up in fremont. while the man awaits an arraignment on murder charges, go is remembered for her volunteer work. reporter: on the same subway platform where the victim was pushed, rioters are still living on the edge tonight. many on their phones were talking with friends, waiting within inches of the oncoming trains. 61-year-old marshall simon confessed shortly after his arrest, while proclaiming himself god. investigators say he is homeless and emotionally disturbed with several prior arrests. witnesses say he approached the victim from behind at the subway station saturday morning. he shoved her into the path of a southbound train. michelle go was killed instantly, a 40-year-old consultant the management firm, whose volunteer work with the new york junior league included helping the homeless. >> she clearly had a strong passion for working one-on-one with these populations in need. she was a compassionate soul who wanted to be rewarded by that direct impact, directly working

the home body exhibit is coming to berkeley. it spans over 20,000 square feet inside the space. it includes original murals, portraits, sculptures. through state of the art projection mapping and augmented reality. the exhibit reflects on the time spent over the last two years of the pandemic. >> this show has five different installations that walk you through what we all kind of experienced mentally. what does that do to us as people and what does that do to the way we see ourselves and each other? >> home body opens tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. the exhibit will run through february 20th. >>> well, now time for a check of our weather with first alert meteorologist mary lee. hey mary. >> hi amanda. good afternoon to you. here is your first alert weather forecast. as we are looking at sunshine and temperatures on the rise. as i look ahead to the end of the week into next week, there are a few changes and i will show you this in just a moment. but first, let's take you live outside. and here we go. as we look to our sales force tower camera east across the bay. a little haze. temperatur

strong ties to the bay area and this video is from 2015 and he gave the keynote at an address at uc berkeley. he was born in san francisco in 1938. his father was a lawyer who worked with the city's board of education and briar attended lowell high school and city philosophy at stanford. his younger brother charles, a senior judge of the us district court in san francisco. >>> san jose city officials defending their decision to require gun liability insurance for gunowners and this after filing of a federal lawsuit challenging the new ordinance. >> i am confident that we will emerge from this litigation with an ordinance that survives constitutional scrutiny and we could implement this and do it in a way that ensures the city of san jose and we have families that feel devastating tragedies of loved ones of these guns. >> earlier today some gun rights advocates announce they filed a lawsuit minutes after the city council voted to approve the ordinance. >> we did an immediate bay because we wanted to make it very clear that the ramifications to passing america's most insane gun control. and wh

. >> 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

does our camera in the east bay's own on top of the berkeley hills there showing us a nice clear shot all the way to the golden gate bridge towers there behind me that you can see. and yeah, it's been a gorgeous, sunny day around the bay area. very mild conditions. in fact, outside right now 50's and 60's. that's what we're seeing around the bay area. 59 degrees currently in downtown san jose. 58 along the east bay shoreline and alameda. 56 in downtown oakland, currently 60 degrees right here in downtown san francisco are seeing mostly 50's in the north bay right now, temperatures are going to hold pretty steady over the next couple of days. and the future cast for showing us all. so the dry conditions are going to be with us, though. we would be some of that rainfall. we saw just few tiny pop-up showers and some spots today, but mostly dry conditions. and you can see all those high clouds will be sticking with us throughout the overnight hours as we wake up into tomorrow, we will wake up to some fog around the bay area. so not going to be greatest, but things should clear out into th

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in berkeley, neighbors were out today. redwood tree toppled over. the fire department responded to 50 calls over night and most of them related to power lines down and trees toppling. >> that's some fierce winds. that's where the ski lifts operating. this was taken by our own garvin thomas. he and his son were at a last lift of the super bowl. several lifts were on and off because of the wind. our rob mayeda. the good news is the wind has died down. >> what a 24 hours we saw. wind speeds strong enough to be called damaging wind speeds. around the fire, up in sonoma counties, 96 miles per hour, 71 miles per hour wind gusts at mount diablo. you can see how things look last night, all the purples and reds, look at the picture now. it is really 20 to 30 miles per hour winds on the higher hills of the north bay. good news, the wind is starting to shutdown. we are expecting a calm finish. you can see how those wind speeds taper off. what we do need to see is more rain in the forecast and guess what, seven-day forecast brings a pattern shift that'll bring

uc berkeley, santa clara and cal state east bay are among the places reopening classrooms tomorrow. as always, there is a lot happening when it comes to covid. find all of our updates in one easy spot. go to nbcbayarea.com. our coronavirus web page is constantly updated with the latest news on how the pandemic affects you. go to nbcbayarea.com/coronavirus. >>> 2 was a close call for a man in palo alto who chase offend car thieves. here's a picture of the suv the suspects were seen in. there could be as many as six involved. first car theft happened at around midnight here on south court. police say a man chased the suspect. one fired a shot at him before they ran away. the man wasn't hit. police say the suspects were also likely seen last night on tallsman court. this is another picture of a suspect on that same street. again, police said a victim saw between five to six people in a dark suv. no arrests have been made. >>> it's another case of stolen bulldogs. this time two frenchies are missing after someone took them in oakland. here's a picture of the dogs, jamon and jimmy. the c

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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

you're look outside this morning at your berkeley hills camera. he's looking really clear just a few clouds overhead and a colder start to the morning than what we had yesterday. so the jacket is certainly the thing and stressing the most this morning, livermore and dublin in the upper 30's as you are across the entirety of the north bay. almost berkeley, san francisco among are more mild spots, egypt. 48 degrees regardless of where europe just keep cozy. the start and then enjoy some sunshine later on reyna. john, thank you for that. all right. let's get a look at your traffic. conditions are pretty light out there as you're heading from the east bay into the city. >> to that fremont street exit, it will be about a 10 minute drive for you. there. san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula about 13 as traffic starts to pick up this morning, heading out of richmond across the war. sandra fell about a nine-minute drive still pretty like there and the golden gate bridge traveling. 37 to the tolls. it will be about 20 minutes. the omicron c

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

berkeley hills cam looking good. we are going to be seeing a beautiful, clear weekend ahead of fog free day today and lots of sunshine and temperatures actually a little bit warmer than they have been. so what's the catch here? because it's a little too perfect. what we are sitting in the middle of a high pressure ridge to our west in a low pressure descending to our east and right between these 2, we do have some strong offshore winds that will be kicking into gear today. just look at where wind speeds are heading this afternoon. in fact, for areas like petaluma, we could be looking at 40 miles per hour. peak wind gusts today, 30 miles per hour. peak wind gusts near the coastline. a little bit calmer along the bay shore on the peninsula side of things along one o one down to san jose. so if you're looking to enjoy the solid 60's without worrying about the wind so much, he either had a little further south in the bay where you can just wait till sunday because wind speeds will be calming down a whole lot by then toda