. >> but for us, rob nesbitt, >> but for us, rob nesbitt, talk with health officers in joins us now live with more about what they're saying when it comes to lifting the mask mandates rob. can all mccrone spread quickly, but health officers expected to decline after the peak to be a slower process. they don't want to slow that process down process down even more by lifting covid restrictions. >> there have been a lot of positive cases last 2 months, but not a lot of positive outlook when it comes to omicron in marin county, the berrien finally started to trend downward after january. 4th, but it's not a fast process. according to health officer doctor matt willis, our case rates are going down more slowly than that, >> you know, we're now seeing about 200, 50 cases on average per day in marin county. >> and that's been the stable number for the past 3 or 4 days down 40% from the peak of omicron alameda county health officer doctor nicholas moss says omicron also peek at the beginning of the month. he's now paying attention to hospitalizations which tend to lag behind case numbers numbers

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. all right, rob, and just a short time ago, a student led petition was released in response to the sick out. >> they're demanding that the district shift from in-person learning to online learning that is unless they can make the school safer. they are demanding kn 95 masks in schools for every student testing 2 times a week, both pcr and rapid test for everybody on campus and more outdoor spaces to eat safely. when it rains. they are giving the district until january 18th to meet their demands. if they don't, students say that they will go on strike the next day. same idea in san francisco where teachers what the school district to do more to protect students and employees. this comes after hundreds of teachers. >> staged a sickout to try to bring attention to covid safety protocols and what they're demanding last night. the teachers union and the san francisco school district spent hours at the bargaining table but no agreement was reached an covid safety precautions. the teachers un

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. rob, thank you. across the bay area and the country, restaurants have been particularly hard-hit by omicron between staff testing positive for being exposed. >> many eateries have had to close because they haven't had enough bodies. steven run the place. doctors have said being vaccinated and boosted really can make a difference. but so far there's been no requirement that those dining in have to have a 3rd shot. but a new survey findsithat at least in san francisco, majority of restaurants would not be opposed to that idea on first-and kerman live for us in the city with more. dan? well, that's right. they did a poll of golden gate restaurant association membership and of those who responded have said >> that if the city or the state mandates this kind of requirement, they would be in favor of. as omicron continues to surge across the bay area and the country. >> a new golden gate restaurant association survey finds half would support a mandate that all customers over 12 have a booster to dine insid

nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> san francisco health leaders also announced new changes for indoor and outdoor mega event. it doesn't just require booster shots but also changes to the definition of what a make even is in the city entirely. kron four's dan thorn has that story for us. >> in response to the highly contagious omicron variant san francisco's health department has changed the size of what's considered a mega event indoors and outdoors. beginning saturday, large indoor events will be dropped from 5,000 people to 500 people and large outdoor events are now 5,000 people down from 10,000 people up to date. vaccinations will be required including boosters beginning february first for attendees 16 and up a receipt of a booster will be needed as soon as they are eligible 12 to 15 year-olds must also be fully vaccinated. but boosters will not be required until march 5 to 11 year-olds will either need to show proof of vaccination or a negative covid-19. test before attending and 2 to 4 year-olds

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. good information there. thank you robbie. while around the bay coronavirus cases are climbing as we've said. and that has led to high demand for covid testing. it is not just sick people. >> who are looking for the tests. you have students going back to school. people going back to work after the holidays, folks who have been traveling some internationally. they're all driving up demand. and since take on tests have become almost impossible to find testing sites are often the only option. >> well, it was hard. this month because of the surge that usually it's not. but it's definitely gotten worse. so it's hard to get an appointment. i luckily this is guest this week. >> the cdc has also updated its guidance regarding rapid test today. they're now suggesting if you've tested positive for covid and are using rapid tests to see if you're still infected, you should wait towards the end of the 5 day isolation period to do so. if your test result is negative, you canendure isolation but continue to wear a well-fitting high quality

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. all right, rob, and that just a short time ago, a student led petition was released in response to the sec out there demanding. >> that the district shift from in-person learning to online learning unless they can make school they're demanding kn 95 masks in schools for every student testing 2 times a week, both pcr and rapid test for everybody on campus and more outdoor spaces to eat safely. when it rains. they are giving the district intel january 18th to meet their demands. if they don't, students say they're going to go on strike the next day. and it's been raining. san francisco teachers, what the school district to do more to protect students and staff from covid. same deal is in oakland here. this comes after hundreds of teachers staged a sickout. >> to bring attention to safety protocols. they're demanding the teachers union and the san francisco school district spent hours at the bargaining table last night, but no agreement was reached on these covid safety precautions. the

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thank you, rob around the bay area, coronavirus cases are climbing and that is leading to a high demand for covid testing. it's not just sick people who are out there looking protest students going back to school. people going back to work. people traveling internationally. they're all driving up demand in since take home test of become almost impossible to find testing sites are often the only option. >> well, it was hard. this month because of the surge that usually it's not. but it's definitely gotten worse. so it's hard to get an appointment. i luckily this is guest this week. >> and for anyone in contra, costa county who need to test the county has set up 2 free testing site when in richmond and another in san ramon. >> and the cdc has just updated its guidance regarding testing and quarantining. they're now suggesting if you've tested positive for covid and are using a rapid test to see if you still have it, you should wait till the end of that five-day isolation period to take

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> thank you, rob. teachers in the west contra costa unified school district could authorize a strike tonight. united teachers of richmond union is demanding the district come to an agreement on their covid safety concerns. they're demanding weekly covid testing and high quality masks for all students and staff. earlier this week, the union said it would negotiate with the district and threatened a strike of an agreement was not reached by today. the meeting started this morning. it is still going on. we're continuing to follow this story and we'll let you know if there's an update when it comes in. starting on tuesday. people need to show proof of vaccination to enter several indoor facilities in oakland city. officials agree to the vaccine mandate earlier this year. the mandate applies to indoor businesses that serve food and drinks such as restaurants, bars and clubs. also pies, entertainment venues, theaters, gyms fitness centers and libraries. oakland now joins contra costa county berkeley and san

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> thank you very much, rob. taking a live look outside at the bay from mount sutro looks very calm and peaceful out there, pam. yeah, it does. but let's check in with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow to find out about the forecast for the football game forecast for the weekend. what a rivalry game this weekend. head of the big d you can see the star there in the stadium. of course, that's a covered stadium. but folks headed to a dallas, you're going to see some beautiful conditions out there. it is going to be very nice. should be sunny and bright. the temperatures going to be. >> probably in the 50's to mid 60's and then you're looking at cool temperatures as you head toward the latter part of the game game time one, 30. how about the raiders game starting out with some snow early on in the morning that giving way to some partly cloudy skies. the temperatures that is going to be a cold weather game. temperatures only in the low 30's for highs that day. so yeah, big difference from there and the bay area.

rob nesbitt joins us now live with more on the updated testing guidelines. rob. can last week san francisco broke a record testing more than 17,000 people in one day. >> an impressive number. the city says it can do more if hospitals pitch in. with more tests come more positive cases. director of health in san francisco, doctor grant colfax gave an update tuesday on the city's record breaking numbers. and right now. >> nearly one in 5 positive. the san francisco department of public health along with mayor london breed's office will now require large health care providers to help administer tests to minimize the surge in omicron cases, health department to shoulder on the basque burden of the of this testing. and so as we learn to live with this virus has a testing on demand absence laws. we need to make sure that everybody is doing their part if hospitals and hospital affiliated systems don't show proof of providing tests for patients who are symptomatic or who are close contact with someone who has tested positive. they'll face fines of up to $10,000 per day. g

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. all right, rob, but it has been a deadly year for traffic collisions and one south bay city. over half dozen people killed and 2 of those were pedestrians who died after being hit by a car just last night. our kron four's haaziq mod-yoon has the latest. details now on the investigation. it's stark. all right. the vehicle had a green light. very difficult to see people crossing after hours. >> those were the conditions with a deadly vehicle collision happened, killing 2 pedestrians and injuring a 3rd person tuesday at around 8.24, p you here with all expressway foxworthy avenue in san jose, san jose police sergeant christian cabriales says 3 adults. the 2 men who died in the woman who survived were not using the crosswalk when the collision occurred. obviously, it's not a good idea to cross busy streets at night outside of a crosswalk, especially an expressway. we're not trying to do any victim blaming. >> this is just a fact that happened in this collision. >> investigators say the dr

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. rob, thank you for that. teachers in the west contra costa unified school district could authorize a strike. the united teachers of richmond union is demanding the district come to an agreement on their covid safety protocols. they're demanding weekly covid testing and high quality masks for all students and staff. earlier this week, the union said it would negotiate with the district and threatened to strike if an agreement was not reached by tonight. we're continuing to follow this story. will let you know if there is an update forthcoming. >> starting on tuesday, people will need to show proof of vaccination to enter several indoor facilities in oakland city. officials agree to the vaccine mandate earlier this year. the mandate applies to indoor businesses which serve food and drinks such as restaurants, bars and clubs. it also applies to entertainment venues. theaters, gyms, fitness centers and libraries. oakland joins contra costa county berkeley and san francisco, which have similar mandates. all right.

kron four's rob nesbitt has more on how city supervisors are reacting tonight. >> under current law, san francisco police cannot happen to security camera footage in real time. mayor london breed express her frustration with that after crime in the city made national news when stores in union square were being looted in november. san francisco police officers were directed by their commanders not to monitor live camera feeds where there were multiple robbery. cruz hitting multiple stores. they couldn't even access those cameras. mayor breed plans on changing that limitation broke proposal that authorizes law enforcement to temporarily use cameras to respond to crimes that take place during critical events. shots off he says he's all for additional measures but says the mayor is giving the chief of police too much leeway and not getting the board of supervisors enough oversight. i support the spirit of what the mayor's doing. >> but the devil's always in the details and we'll have to see how that debate happens over the >> 60 to 90 days. mayor breed's ordinance also authorizes police

rob nesbitt, hold that position, right? the fun for new. >> you, congressman ro khanna is calling on the biden administration to do more to get needed supplies into the hands of americans. he has joined with 40 other members of congress to sign a letter to president biden calling on him to use the defense production act to pump crew to produce more rapid covid test to be sent to american homes. representative khan a says the u.s. is trailing behind european countries in distributing tests and face masks. >> the pandemic has been going on almost 2 years by now. we should be able to mail every american family a test for every week. that's what they're doing in the uk and some other european countries. the administration has said they're going to 500 million cast. really? what we need is 2 billion tests. and i said, let's invoke the defense production act to get these mail to american families and to have them available at the grocery store at the walgreens places where people go a daily basis. >> the letter was also signed by

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news from thank you. well, shortages have become all too common in the last year, but now those shortages are focused on those at home covid tests. >> couple that with not enough appointments for the pcr test and a highly transmissible variant like omicron and it is the perfect storm. so if you need a test and can't get one and you think you might have the virus, what do you do? four's dan kerman is live in san francisco tonight with that day. >> we've been talking medical experts about this and there are various steps that you really must take, especially because the omicron variant is so transmissible. >> at home, covid tests are hard to come by and scheduling a pcr test is equally difficult. so if you can't get tested and you feel sick, what are you supposed to do? >> this moment, you have to it's covid. it could be other thing. sure. like a common cold, but because you can get a test, you kind of know for sure you're potentially going to transmit it to other people. ucsf, infectious disease specialist

live in san francisco, i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thank you, rob. >> in the east bay health officials in contra costa county say they believe the omicron variant has peaked in their county. they say the case rate actually peaked back on january 9th and that the hospitalizations peaked at the end of last week. however. >> they are still warning that hospitals are very full. the county currently has 281 covid patients in the hospital. although the county expects fewer hospitalizations in the coming weeks. currently, there are 29,000 active covid cases in contra costa county. the cvs pharmacy stores inside target and will begin distributing free. n 95 masks tomorrow. >> the company says masks are limited to 3 per person while supplies last all the stores will post signs to indicate n 95 mask availability. this is part of the federal retail pharmacy program. all the masks are provided by the federal government. the california department of public health confirmed there are 11 cases of the new omicron subvariant in the state with at least

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news today. the san francisco police department released a number of bias motivated crimes against the ap. i community at a news conference in chinatown. mayor london breed said it will take more investment in public safety to reduce the number of crimes against asian american residents. force has the mud. un has that part of our coverage? >> and we have to take responsibility. >> for preventing the hate. and the anti-asian violence. >> as the chinese american community in san francisco prepares to celebrate the lunar new year of the tiger, the number of hate crimes againts aap. i community members is top of mind for police chief bill scott who says there was a six-fold increase over the past 2 years. we had 8. >> in 2019. we had 9 2020 and we had 60. in 2021. that is significant. that is concerning. and that is alarming. in fact, asian-americans recorded the most significant growth in hate crime incidents over that period. according to preliminary statistical data released by the san francisco p

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. all right, rob, you're way too nice. that cowboys fan. meantime, in las vegas, raiders went out in style as they head off to face the cincinnati bengals. >> first responders which the team well this afternoon kickoff for that game tomorrow at one 30. >> we'll have all the highlights this weekend on both the raiders and the niners during kron. 4 news in prime time tomorrow night and sunday night. so most of the fans will be here at home watching on television. but what about the weather for the fans going to the game? our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow has the football forecast. yeah. winter time you can get severe are the interesting weather this time of year. there's actually a big storm blizzard. robin wright of the planes headed toward the southeast. in fact, yeah, dallas tomorrow is probably gonna see those temperatures down in the 30's. i think game time. not that bad as we head in towards sunday. those temperatures going to warm up a moderate quite a bit. so if you want to lucky ones in your headed to dallas to enjoy the game,

live in san francisco, i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thank >> well, following san francisco's announcement of a new health order. the golden state warriors and chase center have released new details regarding the venues entry requirements for fans beginning february. first, every person entering chase center must show proof of their up to date vaccination, including proof of a booster shot for eligible guests. they must have received those shots at least one week prior to the event. the other option is to show proof of a negative covid test taken within 24 hours for antigen tests or 48 hours for pcr tests in the east bay, an apartment fire led to a balcony rescue this afternoon in pleasant hill. it happened at the hooks tin senior homes complex. >> as just south of downtown pleasant hill, the fire broke out just before 3 this afternoon. officials say they were able to evacuate all the residents of the senior apartments person was rescued from the balcony has been taken to the hospital with minor burns and smoke inhalation. officials say

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. appreciate it, rob. today, the california department of public health released the most recent statistics on covid. take a look. nearly 80% of the eligible population which includes people 5 and older. >> have been vaccinated with at least one dose. however, the average daily case rate is nearly 16,000 people a day getting covid. that's about 46 new cases per 100,000 people. the test positivity rate is just under 16%, which is high. and right now there are more than 7300 people hospitalized with covid-19. meanwhile, napa county no longer has any icu beds available. that is according or i should say according to the california covid dashboard back on december 31st. napa county recorded having only 8 icu beds available again tonight. none and according to his dashboard, as of yesterday. 11 people were hospitalized because of covid with at least 3 of those people in the icu. but again, no perspective tonight on the situation and that other than they have no more icu beds available. we have reached out to co

i'm rob nesbitt. kron 4 news. rob, thank you for that. well, the setting of full house there it as the sun sets on san francisco, a little bit of light gleaming off the sales force tower. our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us to tell us what's ahead this week with the weather. how about that? nice day around the bay area today. nice evening. so far will get cold. >> in spots from partly cloudy skies out there. but looking good going to stay dry. those offshore winds are going to blow couple clouds flowing overhead today, but not much see more clouds off the coastline. that may factor in the weather a little bit for tomorrow, but not by much over, although high pressure going to take care of us. that will keep us nice and dry. and that trend likely continue now for a little while. temperatures out the door. it is still 63 degrees in half moon bay. very comfortable there. 60 in fremont. 59 degrees in san francisco in 61 degrees in blair. high pressure trying to build in here. it's going to sneak in for another day, but you can se

kron on's rob nesbitt is digging into the story for us. he's going to have more on this on kron. 4 news at 5. a couple of covid testing sites in san francisco are handing out covid-19 test kits for people to take home supervisor. hillary ronen sent out this tweet earlier today. she says at home test kits are available at the southeast health center and the allegheny farmers market testing sites. it seems is a first come first serve offer, not necessarily prioritizing folks who previously had appointments that had to be canceled due to a nationwide computer glitch shut down 6 testing sites yesterday and today. hospitalizations are not nearly where they were this time last year, more than 80% of hospital beds throughout the state of california are full here locally in san francisco. this arbor, jen zuckerberg, general hospital has just over 5% of their in patient beds left in the north bay kept field hospital has reported all 50 beds full with several other nearby hospitals. also at more than 90% capacity over in oakland, the kaiser hospital

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >>all eyes are on the senate today as they debate over new voting rights protections. democrats have remained intent about moving the legislation forward, even if it means changing the senate's filibuster rules. anna wiernicki has details from d c. >>democrats spent most of monday pushing for some traction on voting rights and a vote to change the senate but without all 50 democratic senators on board the effort is pretty much dead upon arrival. nothing less is at stake. then our democracy. house speaker nancy pelosi urged the senate democrats to do whatever it takes to pass the voting rights bill when they take it up on tuesday. this is about suppressing the vote. that house passed the consolidated package last week. that includes 2 voting bills, the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. this bill represents the first real opportunity. >>to secure the freedom to vote since the united states supreme court gutted the voting rights act nearly a decade ago

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. and as restrictions loosened, maybe you'll see rob nesbitt in the comedy club near you. >> he's a stand-up. so you never know. that could be the next thing. the california department of public health is confirming 11 cases of agnew omicron subvariant in the state. there are at least 2 cases in santa clara county. so introducing stealth omicron. that's what they're calling it. they do not believe this new strain is causing any more severe disease. the world health organization says it's monitoring stealth omicron and they know it is already spreading in other parts of the world. new this morning, the city of berkeley announcing new covid vaccine and booster mandates for certain businesses and kron four's. camila barco is following that live this morning. you have any hidden talents. rob is a comedian. reyna can saying anything. >> oh, wow. i feel left out. i think i have hit that on. i don't know. pam moore is a queen and wonderful. and ken wayne isn't a problem. pilot. >> this is craz

kron on's rob nesbitt reports on one man who did have the courage to go public. >>his name is on late and he broke down into tears at one point during tuesday's press conference when talking about his attackers and the lack of justice in his 2019 case since the pandemic, more asian-americans have had to endure encounters like these. hate crimes that often turn violent. it's why brian son helped start the alliance for asian american justice last year. growing from 5 lawyers to more than 90 law firms today. we don't want to be walking down the street and have somebody yell out. >>you brought the virus here and start chopping honest with the bat. on tuesday, the lions game on lay a platform to share the story of how he was attacked while out for a walk in san francisco's chinatown saying and beat him with a glass bottle while threatening to kill him. the attack was the most brutal. >>terrifying and you really experience of my life. and the stay with me ever since according to lay them and adolescents and also beat him with a bat and made death threats in addition to

kron four's rob nesbitt has kron four's rob nesbitt has the details on the update covid order. >> a cloth mask like this doesn't cut it when it comes to omicron health experts say an n 95 mask or a mask like it will better protect you against the contagious variant. it's all about the fit. the san francisco department of public health says that a cloth mask alone is no longer good enough and should be worn over a well fit in surgical mask. if at all side here, you can see that they always told this is not a well fitted masks. infectious disease expert at ucsf doctor peter chin-hong says the city's health officer is also recommending well, fitted masks such as n 95 and kn 95 because of how easily omicron has spread from person to person can linger in the air like dandelions, awful long, a period. >> so if you're making a lot of virus just cluess the way people talking and so on, you can have a little bit more linger in the air. boosters will also be required at mega events for those eligible starting february first, if you've only gotten 2 shots, it's almost like you are unvaccinated for p

kron four's rob nesbitt caught up with some fans of both teams at sfo as they headed off to dallas. >> i expected to see a lot of reading gold jerseys at sfo friday, but i was surprised to see cowboys fans of the terminals pretty their boarding passes to head to dallas. both sides hoping for a wild card win this weekend. >> they were easy to spot and excited as ever streaming api. extremely chris puckett board a plane friday at sfo to fly to dallas for the playoff game against the cowboys. it was a last minute ticket decision for the forty-niners fan. i literally just by but after the forty-niners came back from a 17 point deficit last weekend to be the los angeles rams state. puckett decided he had to see sunday's playoff game in person long as we don't mess it up defense is strong and offense plays good. you should come out with it won't be easy against the 3rd seeded dallas cowboys. san francisco in dallas have had a rivalry going back it wasn't just forty-niners jerseys and hats at sfo friday. pete develop was one of the few cowboys fans at the airport. we do have a rivalry with t

rob nesbitt has more on where the 12 went after the came ashore. the cruise ship is operated as a vaccinated. ship mean you have to be fully vaccinated to board. >> the 12 positive covid cases were discovered before the ship arrived in san francisco as the ruby princess that docked in san francisco thursday. a spokesperson from princess cruises confirmed that several passengers tested positive for covid saying, quote, in accordance with our established protocols, those guests have tested positive will either return home by their personal vehicles will be taken to hotels, coordinated in advance for quarantine. the ship had just returned to san francisco after a 10 day cruise to mexico. san francisco port officials say that under local health mandate, the crew of the ruby princess had to randomly test. 25% of passengers. >> and discovered that 12 people have the virus. their statement saying in part, all individuals are either asymptomatic or experiencing mild symptoms. no passenger has required medical attention and no hospitalization is needed. a d

our kron rob nesbitt joins us now live with the cruise ships response tonight. rob. vicki, the ruby princess just left san francisco about an hour ago. >> in the ship is a vaccinated ship mean you have to be fully vaccinated to board. the 12 positive cases were discovered before the ship arrived in san francisco. >> as the ruby princess, that docked in san francisco thursday. a spokesperson from princess cruises confirmed that several passengers tested positive for covid saying, quote, in accordance with our established protocols, those guests have tested positive will either return home by their personal vehicles will be taken to hotels, coordinated in advance for quarantine. the ship had just returned to san francisco after a 10 day cruise to mexico. san francisco port officials say that under local health mandate, the crew of the ruby princess had to randomly test. 25% of passengers and discovered that 12 people have the virus. their statement saying in part, all individuals are either asymptomatic or experiencing mild symptoms. no passenger has required medical a

kron four's rob nesbitt has details. >> taken from a helicopter above san jose. police say this was a scary moment that robert seth carter tried to steal a person's car in santa clara. >> and pointed the gun them. the driver exited the car. and ran away as carter entered the new vehicle. >> according to chief anthony mata, carter was unable to steal the car and continued in the vehicle. he was already driving a stolen toyota camry. carter drove the camera to san jose where he eventually crashed the car and fled on foot. a shootout occurred when several officers were able to catch up with the suspect for officers in total fired their weapons. >> carter continue to hold the handgun and was struck more than once by the officers wrong. >> he was taken to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to chief mada. this was the 9 millimeter ghost gun that carter was using during the shooting. one of the many illegal firearms that the san jose police department work each year to remove from the streets. carter is >> prohibited from possessing any fire

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news teachers in the west contra costa unified school district could authorize a strike tonight. >> the teachers, the united teachers of richmond union is demanding the district to come to an agreement on their covid safety concerns. they're demanding weekly covid testing and high quality masks for all students and staff earlier this week, the union said it would negotiate with the district and threatened to strike if an agreement was not reached by today. the meeting started this morning. it is still going on at this hour. we're continuing to follow the story. we'll certainly let you know if we have an update tonight. >> the cdc reports that during the period when the omicron variant was dominant severe outcomes for patients who are hospitalized with covid-19 were less common compared to the delta variant or the first winter surge back in 2020, although the daily average of new cases and hospital admissions reached record highs during the omicron period. there are still fewer people who died or needed to go to the hospital. speaking of which a new study finds t

rob nesbitt joining us live with more on this. >> big rivalry, especially with the niners and the cowboys. rob. that's right. can i expected to see a lot of reading gold jerseys that sfo today? but i was surprised to see cowboys fans at the terminals pretty their boarding passes. both sides will be for a wild card win this weekend. they were easy to spot and excited as ever streaming api. extremely chris puckett board a plane friday at sfo to fly to dallas for the playoff game against the cowboys. >> it was a last minute ticket decision for the

. >> our kron four's rob nesbitt has more. last week, san francisco broke a record testing more than 17,000 people for covid in one day. the problem is that the department of health is conducting the majority of those tests. >> and they say hospitals need to pick up the slack. with more tests come more positive cases. director of health in san francisco, doctor grant colfax gave an update tuesday on the city's record breaking numbers. and right now. >> nearly one in 5 positive. the san francisco department of public health, along with mayor london breed's office will now require large health care providers to help administer tests to minimize the surge in omicron cases, health department to shoulder on the basque burden of the of this testing. >> and so as we learn to live with this virus has a testing on demand. absence was we need to make sure that everybody is doing their part if hospitals and hospital affiliated systems don't show proof of providing tests for patients who are symptomatic or who are close contact with someo

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> meantime, teachers in the west contra costa unified school district could authorize a strike. the united teachers of richmond union is demanding the district to come to an agreement on their covid safety plans. they're demanding weekly covid testing and high quality masks for all students and staff. earlier this week, the union said that they would negotiate with the district and threatened to strike if an agreement was not reached by today. we're continue to follow this story and we'll let you know what's there's an update. >> a week after the biden administration announced it will deploy 400 million free and 95 masks to the public pharmacy chains like cvs and walgreens have announced that they will be handing out these government provided and 90 fives and they started doing that today. but here in the bay area, not all cvs and walgreens stores have the masks in stock. today we checked with to walgreens and cvs stores. alameda. they told us that the masks were not available than have and one woman who tried to get a mask there says she's frustrated.

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> all right. weather time now as we get peek outside check on the 4 zone forecast to nice aerial view above san francisco. you see the bay bridge lights dancing and there's the sales force tower, tallest building in the city trying to get an advance on what lawrence was going to talk about. he said something about cool. and i was like, oh, you're a cool guy. >> with that, too, and yeah, of course. know, we're going to cool the temperatures down just a tad were right. then the part of the year we get a little break in all the stormy weather. almost like a fake spring last few days. temperatures cool down just a little bit. i think we're going to see that trend continue outside tonight. a lot of high clouds still moving overhead. temperatures today still above the average is 61 in san francisco. 59 in oakland. still 66 for a high in san jose. that is 3 days in a row with that number. 61 in livermore, 61 conquered and 63 degrees in santa rosa. kind of interesting, though, today we had a lot of sunshi

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> it's 9, 0, 4, and the california department of public health confirms there are 11 cases of a new omicron subvariant in our state. at least 2 cases in santa clara county of this new variant called stealth omicron. it sounds scary, but actually experts say that they don't believe this new strain is causing any more severe disease and the world health organization says they're monitoring stealth and they know that they have seen it spreading in other parts of the world. already. and new this morning, the city of berkeley announcing new covid vaccines. they have a little vaccine mandates and also booster mandates. it applies to certain businesses. so let's see who applies to travelers. camila barco has that live this morning. good morning, kayla. >> good morning. joya. cnn city's health officer is requiring 2 things that businesses the first one is requiring employees at certain berkeley to be up to date on their vaccinations and the second order says that businesses are

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> all right. weather time now as we get a check on the 4 zone forecast. an a friday night. time to say cheers to the weekend as we take in this beautiful view. >> beautiful certainly. and it's going to look that way for the rest of the weekend. so it's time to make some plans, especially outdoors. kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow taking a look at what we have in store. yeah, dry weather ahead again, as we do a really wind down last weekend of january. and here we go. we've got clear skies out there around most of the bay area, the exception some high clouds off, loading up above. but boy, we've had the nice weather, those offshore winds and the temperatures. >> well, above the average for this time of year, 64 degrees. that's 6 degrees above the average in san francisco today. 64 in oakland, 68 almost 70 in downtown san jose today. 61 a little cooler in the live. more 63 in concord and 64 degrees in santa rosa. but temperatures all around the bay area have been running above the average.

the forty-niners will be playing the dallas cowboys and the an fc wild card game kron four's rob nesbitt caught up with fans of both teams at sfo as they headed to dallas. >> i expected to see a lot of reading gold jerseys at sfo friday, but i was surprised to see cowboys fans of the terminals pretty their boarding passes to head to dallas. both sides hoping for a wild card win this weekend. >> they were easy to spot and excited as ever streaming api. extremely chris puckett board a plane friday at sfo to fly to dallas for the playoff game against the cowboys. it was a last minute ticket decision for the forty-niners fan. i literally just by but after the forty-niners came back from a 17 point deficit last weekend to be the los angeles rams state. puckett decided he had to see sunday's playoff game in person long as we don't mess it up defense is strong and offense plays good. you should come out with it won't be easy against the 3rd seeded dallas cowboys, san francisco in dallas that had a rivalry going back it wasn't just forty-niners jerseys and hats at sfo friday. pete develop was on

kron four's rob nesbitt reports on one man who did have the courage to talk about his attack. >> his name is on lead and he broke down into tears at one point during tuesday's press conference when talking about his attackers and the lack of justice in his 2019 case since the pandemic, more asian-americans have had to endure encounters like these. hate crimes that often turn violent. it's why brian son helped start the alliance for asian american justice last year. growing from 5 lawyers to more than 90 law firms today. we don't want to be walking down the street and have somebody yell out. >> you brought the virus here and start chopping honest with the bat. on tuesday, the lions game on lay a platform to share the story of how he was attacked while out for a walk in san francisco's chinatown. >> saying and beat him with a glass bottle while threatening to kill him. the attack was the most brutal. >> terrifying and humiliating experience of my life. and the stay with me ever since. according to lay them and adolescents and also beat him with a bat and made death threats in addition

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. >> around the bay area. the number of coronavirus cases climbing and that has led to high demand for covid tests and it is not just sick people who are looking for those test students going back to school. people going back to work. people traveling internationally. they are all demanding and driving up for demand to try and get a test. and since take home tests have become almost impossible to find testing sites are often the only option. >> well, it was hard. this month because of the surge right. usually it's not. but it's definitely gotten worse. so it's hard to get an appointment i luckily this is guest this week. >> anybody in contra, costa county who needs a test. the county has 2 free testing sites, one in richmond, another in san ramon. the cdc updated testing guidelines today. the agency is suggesting if you have tested positive for covid and are using rapid test to see if you still have it, you should way towards the end of the 5 day isolation period to take that test if your test result is negati

kron four's rob nesbitt now reports on one man who did have the courage to go public. >> his name is on lay and he broke down into tears at one point during tuesday's press conference when talking about his attackers and the lack of justice in his 2019 case since the pandemic, more asian-americans have had to endure encounters like these. hate crimes that often turn violent. it's why brian son helped start the alliance for asian american justice last year. going from 5 lawyers to more than 90 law firms today. we don't want to be walking down the street and have somebody yell out. >> you brought the virus here and start chopping honest with the bat. >> on tuesday, the alliance gave on lay a platform to share the story of how he was attacked while out for a walk in san francisco's chinatown saying and beat him with a glass bottle while threatening to kill him. the attack was the most >> terrifying and humiliating experience of my life. and the stay with me ever since. according to lay them and adolescents and also beat him with a bat and made death threats in addition to sharing his at

. >> kron four's rob nesbitt joins us live know was how some business owners are reacting to the rule. changes are up. pam. now that omicron is past its peak in san francisco. gym owners are happy to see the city easing restrictions. not every gym owner is able to make changes because of a lack of boosters among members. >> omicron did not make december and january easy for gym owners like danielle wh

kron four's rob nesbitt was there. he's got more on that. >> long-running rivalry. >> i expected to see a lot of reading gold jerseys at sfo friday, but i was surprised to see cowboys fans of the terminals pretty their boarding passes to head to dallas. both sides hoping for a wild card win this weekend. >> they were easy to spot and excited as ever streaming api. extremely chris puckett board a plane friday at sfo to fly to dallas for the playoff game against the cowboys. it was a last minute ticket decision for the forty-niners fan. i literally just by but after the forty-niners came back from a 17 point deficit last weekend to beat the los angeles rams state. puckett decided he had to see sunday's playoff game in person long as we don't mess it up defense. a strong and offense plays good. you should come out with it won't be easy against the 3rd seeded dallas cowboys. san francisco in dallas have had a rivalry going back it wasn't just forty-niners jerseys and hats at sfo friday. pete develop was one of the few cowb

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> well, the california department of public health has confirmed that there are 11 cases of the new omicron subvariant here in the state with at least 2 cases being reported in santa clara county. >> they're dubbing it the stealth omicron health experts don't believe that this new strain is causing any more severe disease than the original. but the world health organization says it's monitoring the situation noting that they are detecting it in some other parts of the world as well. well, new this morning, the city of berkeley has announced new covid vaccine and booster mandates for certain businesses. proffers camila barco joining us live this morning with more on what this will mean for locals. good morning, camilla. >> good morning, james. starting next month, employers that certain businesses in berkeley must be up to date on their vaccinations and the city's health officer is also requiring these businesses to require customers to be fully vaccinated. so starting f

rob nesbitt, hold that position, right? the kron. 4 news tonight since pandemic, as you can imagine, is having a big impact on children's mental health. that is according to health care professionals, data that is coming in shows that there's in a large uptick in teen suicide during the pandemic. also, teens are experiencing higher levels of depression, anxiety, eating disorders and other mental health concerns. harper spoke with psychologist doctor brenda wade about what she's saying and how she's counseling. parents during the pandemic. >> what's important, what's important is to remember our children need support all the things that used to hold. they had their classrooms. they had their teachers. they had friends. they had activities. >> they had sports. they had music. they had all those things. the teams typically have. but philip, their life and most importantly, give them emotional support and direction. >> good advice there. a doctor. wade ads modeling the behavior you want to see in kids, including learning ways t

they require hospitals to administer more tests or face a hefty fine harper's rob nesbitt has those details. last week san francisco broke a record testing more than 17,000 people for covid and one day. the problem is that the department of health is conducting the majority of those tests. >> and they say hospitals need to pick up the slack. with more tests come more positive cases. director of health in san francisco, doctor grant colfax gave an update tuesday on the city's record breaking numbers. and right now. >> nearly one in 5 tests positive. the san francisco department of public health, along with mayor london breed's office will now require large health care providers to help administer tests to minimize the surge in omicron cases, health department to shoulder on the basque burden of the of this testing. >> and so as we learn to live with this virus has a testing on demand. absence was we need to make sure that everybody is doing their part if hospitals and hospital affiliated systems don't show proof of providing tests for patients who are symptomatic or who are close contact wit

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news get up of our new crop for reporters to time. emmy winner. if you saw the statues are a shoulder. >> the california department of public health confirms that there are 11 cases. >> of new omicron subvariant and at least 2 cases in santa clara county. they warned us that this is going to happen. they're calling it stealth omicron health experts do not believe that this new strain is some more severe disease. the world health organization says it's monitoring stealth, omicron and notes that it is spreading already in other parts of the world. new this morning, the city of berkeley has announced new covid vaccine and booster mandates for certain businesses. kron four's camila barco is live with the details this morning give you a hand as well. good morning. thanks for being part of our team. camille, what can you tell us? >> well, good morning, daryn. associates requiring at 2 things from businesses. the first one is for certain businesses berkeley to be up to date is for certain employees at certain businesses. 6 in berkeley to be up to date on

i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. thank you, rob. >> follow a san francisco's new health order announcement. the golden state warriors chase center have released new details regarding the venues entry requirements for fans beginning february. first, every person entering chase center must show proof of their up to date vaccinations, including proof of a booster shot for eligible guests. they must have gotten those shots at least one week prior to the event. the other option is to show proof of a negative covid test taken within 24 hours for antigen test or 48 hours for pcr tests in the east bay apartment fire led to a balcony rescue this afternoon in pleasant hill. it happened at the hooks 10 senior homes complex that's just south of downtown. >> the fire broke out just before 3 this afternoon. officials say they were able to evacuate all of the residents of the senior apartments. the person was rescued from balcony was taken to the hospital for minor burns and smoke inhalation. officials say the cause of the fire had

i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> bob's hagg. its tv daughters mary kate and ashley olsen released this statement on tech its death. bob was the most loving, compassionate and generous man. we are deeply saddened that he is no longer with us. but no that he will continue to be by our side to guide us as gracefully as he always has. betty white's cause of death has been revealed. the actress died from a stroke which she suffered. >> a week or so prior to her death, friends and family say that he was alert and coherent after the stroke and she died peacefully in her sleep on new year's eve. white would have turned 100 years old next week, a new movie about her life and legacy will hit theaters next monday. still to come, we continue our covid coverage. taking a look at how the spread of omicron. >> the massive number of sick days it's creating is affecting area businesses. >> then tragedy in new york city. what investigators believe sparked the deadly fire at an apartment building in the bronx. and what we're now learning about the

i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> the cvs pharmacy stores inside targets will begin distributing free. n 95 masks tomorrow. the drug company says masks are limited to 3 per person while supplies last. all the stores will be posting signs to indicate 95 mask availability. this is part of the federal retail pharmacy program. all the masks are provided by the federal government. california department of public health confirmed that there are 11 cases of the new omicron subvariant in the state with at least 2 cases. >> in santa clara county dubbed stealth omicron health experts do not believe that this new strain is actually cauling more severe disease. the world health organization says it is monitoring stealth, omicron and notes that it is spreading in other parts of the world. >> football down after one of the most epic weekends history last weekend. next sunday is right around the corner and the niners are still alive. yeah. excitement is building this weekend. the forty-niners are facing parse la ram