alameda county confirmed 6 cases of the new strain, including the u c berkeley students. meanwhile, scientists say the u.s. is behind on detecting dangerous coronavirus mutations and is only now beginning to really look for them, blaming an absence of national leadership and lack of funding and supplies to hunt for mutations. the stanford lab is on the front lines of american efforts to track new strains testing samples every day from the bay area very important for us to know was out there. >>you know some of the visitorsahave been linked to increase in transmission of the virus. >>the british variant is more contagious and may carry a higher risk of death than the original strain, the fear is new variants could make existing vaccine less effective a number of these mutations that may their ability to be neutralized by the antibodies generated from vaccinations so they could impact the performance of the vaccines mega u c berkeley 44 students tested positive for covid last week since august the university has seen more than 500 confirmed cases likely connected to parties

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this was my berkeley college of music. the hammer couldn't get the most of the florida to boston found the only dies tomorrow, all catalogs besieging them while they're in. no, you re dawn and no alden last 3 bert. i happened to go to a concert where simone shaheen was performing. he was playing violin mostly a little bit. ooh, but mostly violin. and i heard him play. and i knew what i wanted to do with the strength department at berkeley. i wanted string playing as it exists around the world, which is mostly improvisational genres. not all but mostly, ah, even classical music has improvisation in its roots, not so much now, but used to. so when i heard them on play, and i understood that this was the vision i wanted for the strange apartments. i started to pursue him to see if i could get him to come see, ah ah, i have to confess. when i took this job 14 years ago, i didn't know what a qu noon was. and i met this young man who played canoes, and he told me all about it. and i was fascinated, but he was a student. and then

the city of berkeley partnered with the berkeley unified school district to provide 200 doses of the vaccine for district students aged 5 through 11. we ccines are safe and effective superintendent brent stephens says it is important for you to get vaccinated headed into the winter months when case rates could possibly just last week, 7 people at berkeley high school. we're forced to isolate at home after testing positive for the virus. we have been experiencing positive cases each week throughout the course of this pandemic that's been especially true through the fall. >> and all of this is an important reminder that the pandemic is not yet over. the young ones understand though, that shot in the arm was better for that. >> it can be less painful so that it won't like i'm i'm sick. but just like number 6, more for kids are planned for next week in berkeley. legion ball kron 4 news. >> well, the cdc now says 70% of american adults are fully vaccinated against covid-19 the agency also says more than 80% of adults have received least one dose. the cdc says when you throw in americans,

berkeley segÚn a la ciudad de san francisco para pedir estos requisitos. ramÓn: el programa de juventud de san francisco estÁ buscando jÓvenes que quieran participar. >> serÍa empezando desde octubre. todos los que estÁn inscrito en una escuelas pueden ser parte de este programa. ramÓn: ya lo saben, jÓvenes, hay que completar la solicitud en el enlace quede en batallas. —— en pantalla. aprovechamos para hablar con el seÑor velÁsquez. cuÁles son los requisitos para recibir la ayuda y pagar la renta? >> muy sencillo. vivir en el estado de california. haber tenido un retraso en el pago de la venta, debido por la afectaciÓn de la pandemia. el tercero serÍa tener bajos recursos. esto estÁ calculado. el portal calcula sus ingresos. ramÓn: para recibir este tipo de apoyo, tiene que ver una condiciÓn migratoria? >> no hay ninguna pregunta en la solicitud sobre su estado migratorio. cualquiera puede aplicar sin tomar en cuenta su estado migratorio. tenemos aplicar antes de septiembre para que las personas estÉn protegidas. ramÓn: no hay garant�

warm, but it is also some low visibility for some not really looking at that low visibility from our berkeley cam right here in fact really clear out there and clouds up above have cleared out really nice we're nice and dry out there where we are seeing some visibility issues across parts of the north bay as well as the peninsula. you see those deeper shades of grey stretching from solano napa santa rosa counties on doors, sonoma county in santa rosa down to san francisco in portions of the peninsula. these areas right here definitely foggy not so much across the east bay nor the south bay and southern end of the peninsula, so depends on where you're at but at times this morning. we'll have some lower visibility all over again much like we've been seeing lately in general. now temperatures as you've noted will are in the 40's and for the most part the 50's oakland at 55 berkeley at a cool 56 fairfield napa say only that you chip 48 in santa rosa bit foggy for you but at 52 degrees for your current temperature so at least it's mild even if a bit foggy for some now into the afternoon today, day

uc berkeley was at the center of it. there was the free speech movement around that time, there was a movement on campus to lift up african-american academics and writers, so shyamala will -- what's part of -- she was part of a group of students who would get together off campus in the evenings and discussed james baldwin and ralph ellison. it was a time that, when you think about berkeley, the images that are evoked for a lot of people are a good time, this moment in berkeley. when campus life was dynamic and rich in the vietnam war was happening and students were protesting the war. there a lot going on on the uc berkeley campus. at the time the shyamala arrived. >> she joined a group, the afro-american association, which had an important role in the black power movement in the u.s. can you talk about her interest in joining that and the group's acceptance of her as someone with different roots? >> this was really fascinating. i spoke with some former students at uc berkeley who were in this afro-american association w

it's already in berkeley. in fact 975 of them when 2 alta bates with another 1100 going to the city of berkeley in last night berkeley's mayor, he laid out a framework in a town hall meeting on what will happen who will get it to get it for so take a look at the screen berkeley no different than other cities across the country. they know who's. most at risk we're talking frontline. workers of course people who deal with covid-19 face to face phase, one will involve them emt paramedics nurses doctors hospitals they will get the vaccinations first phase 2 and they hope there's not a lot of lag between the phases will include the health care facilities health care workers. phase 3 75 years and older they are at risk as well they will get the vaccinations and people who work with child care of people who work with kids, 16 years and older with underlying conditions. they will be part of phase 4 and the homeless and for the rest of us. the general public they hope sometime in the spring. berkeley's mayor is asking

this incident marks the second hate crime arrest in berkeley just this month in berkeley to lead the psac ii kron 4 news. the san francisco police department launched an anonymous tip line for those who only speak cantonese. >> and mandarin. the captain of richmond station and city leaders did a neighborhood safety walk to help spread the word about the hotline they were handing out flyers with the tip line and business cards. police say this is not a substitute for 911. >> they can lead their information. they can report things anonymously. it's the report presents basin says which may not rise to level of a hate crime. but they may be victimized in terms of some sort of president's base or hate speech type of incidents or they may be a witness in a particular crime. >> the tip line will soon be adding 7 more languages for other modeling will residents, including other asian languages. japanese korean to gallant and along with spanish and russian. starting now to our covid-19 coverage. people living in san mateo county. we'll have to wait just a little bit longer for relaxed reopeni

now i can tell you that god berkeley's mayor he says that the rates are really good in berkeley at this particular time, but they won't stay that way and less people stay vigilant right now berkeley handles about 14 cases every day of covid-19 12 people have died during the pandemic and the positivity rate that is important because the state uses that to decide whether or not that take extraordinary measures at that 7% that's the jumping off point in berkeley right now they're sitting at around 1.3% positivity rate which means keep up the work mask up social distance back to you james and gary happ salute lee r thank you very much well. >>in anticipation of the surge on top of the surge coming what we believe in the next number of days and weeks from the holiday season. >>the governor says it's coming he knows what is ahead and so to health officials and that is because the holidays and people gathering so they know that we're going to see a surge from that right now in california. the number of people in the icy use has gone up at 6 time or now it was 2 months ago. let's take a look at

. >> the city of berkeley and berkeley unified school district team together to make this happen. kron 4 sleep to call reports now that appointments for fully booked within hours of availability. >> 10 year-old sage goldbloom admits he was a little nervous before he was inoculated at malcolm x elementary understandable considering the have dragged on for months alright in the he says it was not bad at all. it was like a small pinch you have that's it. after receiving the pediatric pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. sage is just one more shot away from being fully inoculated. it was very important it now i can finally go see my grandparents. i'm excited for him. i mean, it's it's important to protect not only himself but everybody around of overall at the elementary school. the city of berkeley partnered with the berkeley unified school district to provide 200 doses of the vaccine for district students aged 5 through 11. we know that vaccines are safe and effective superintendent bret stephens says it is important for you to get vaccinated headed into the winter months when case rates coul

>>and i can say it has have now a daughter of oakland raised in berkeley from the east bay, the east bay is a house that's the white house and it's just so remarkable now she is fierce, she is going to defend this country but she comes from a place of fares compassion. >>and that is just the healing this country needs right now it's going require all of us the leadership in washington to really tackle this pandemic stamina rebuild the country and that's not going to happen overnight we still have many tougher days ahead. >>and i think we need to be patient and realistic what the president can do. >>san francisco mayor london breed also released a statement that reads in part quote we are ready to put the past behind us and step proudly to meet the incredible challenging months and years ahead. well vice president kamala harris's former elementary school in north berkeley also joined in the celebration. neighbors and some teachers from 1000 oaks elementary another berkeley schools came out to take selfies in front of the banner offering congratulations to their most famous along. mada

>>justine lots of hometown pride here out in front of 1000 oaks elementary in north berkeley, this is where kamala harris went to elementary school and is you can see behind me they hung up a banner today, offering congratulations to their most. us alumna madam vice president will tell you all day long here i've been seen people come out. >>to take pictures in front of this sign to celebrate this historic day. neighbors and some teachers from the school and other nearby berkeley schools came out to take selfies in front of the banner. >>with now vice president kamala harris's picture hanging out in front of 1000 oaks elementary all the teachers i talked to say they watched the inauguration live with their students virtually a 4th grade teacher wore a hoodie being sold by the pta here with the vice president's face on it they're able to identify with someone who came from similar background that they have. >>and that is. and hope and inspiration that they could do anything that they set their mind to. >>the second grade teacher was sporting a rosie the riveter pen with kamala his face

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clear skies this morning berkeley looking pretty good as you're getting out there. we do have dense foggy spots across the north bay, a dense fog advisory in solano county especially affected areas include the delta valley and right along the cortina is there so be mindful of that highway one oh one is also had some fog rain has been telling you about that as well you can see that fog here in our podcast deepest of grey pushes in later this morning so right around the corner of your commute 08:09:10am. is when we can expect some really foggy conditions in northern contra costa and southern solano county and patches of that dense fog all the way on to marine and sonoma counties too. now temperatures right now are a little cooler than they were yesterday at the same time most of us are in the 30's and 40's and just a few 50's hanging on in areas like berkeley, san francisco in timber on napa you're at a cool 39, and that makes you a full 9 degrees cooler than at the same time yesterday. santa rosa down 11

in berkeley fleet and all kron 4 news. >>well it's friday, the weekend is here so what's weather going to be like lawrence and amboy of anything like today pretty nice right lot of sunshine spring-like temperatures. we were up in the 70's again in a good part of the bay area outside tonight. and the shot for you this coming from mount tam cam our exclusive kron 4 mountain game 2. and looking very blew out over the bay right now you can see out towards san francisco. the camera kind of wiggle and they're out on the lands you see the big ship out there as well and we've got a nice night ahead as we're going to see just a couple of passing high clouds otherwise looks like some pretty nice weather ahead for the weekend to above the golden gate bridge you see some of those high clouds out there too little busy out there for the golden gate bridge, some folks getting out of town right now, but the temperatures boy they were the story again today, it's still 64 degrees very nice and san jose on a winter's day 66 in san mateo righ

well the plan from the mayor of berkeley. plus the u.s. coast guard is pleading with the public to stay away from the coast after a family suffered a tragedy over the weekend. >>the news station you're watching waking up with us on a tuesday, i'm darya folsom and i'm james fletcher could job on that see i got that number right i remember yesterday morning to it was rainy and yucky yeah, forgot about that and look at today, not so it's foggy it's not raining at least down. yeah the foggy mornings better than the rainy mornings as far as you drive into work goes. >>just looking at some of the lower visibility for a few spots. earlier this morning early risers were greeted by some really clear conditions but gradually through the course of this morning that fungus formed across the bay now. >>well you see what it's done for the embarcadero right there above the fog it's nice and pretty are central our view still looks great. there's your foggy blanket that's still hanging out though across the bay so do watch for those areas of lower visibili

and berkeley flipped all kron 4 news. >>negotiations have resumed between the san francisco unified school district and the teachers union over returning to in person learning. announcement comes just days after city leaders announced that they are suing the district to force them to reopen the union insists it is focus on the safety of students and teachers but means more testing contact tracing small student groups updated ventilation systems ppe and above all else. vaccines for teachers and staff. >>and we also of course. >>we'll need. >>for the district to have access to testing and vaccines. so when those things are in place we will be ready to get into our classrooms and our schools. >>it was specified that they will return without vaccines if the county. gets into the orange tier of reopening teachers are in the state's phase, one b group for vaccines that means that they're next in line for vaccines. but this all depends on the supply. >>the director of the cdc says that the agency will release guidance on reopeni

memory in the berkeley hills since kindergarten. a year later, harris joined her on that bus for the 40 minute commute to and from school. did you have to show her the ropes because you had a year ahead of her? no, no, no, no. the new friends met every day at the corner of browning and bancroft be bused to school in the affluent, mostly white neighborhood. it was the issue of bussing that arguably introduced the country to harris back in 2019 after she got into a testy, bare knuckle exchange with then candidate joe biden for opposing. passing at the time. you know, there was a little girl in california. who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day. that little girl was me, an avid proponent of school bussing, harris said in a memoir that all she knew at the time was that she was simply going to school, a school that now honors her with a mural painted on the building on its campus. she was, you know, a person who i think almost had kind of a servant leadership about her. i d

did they become radicalized once they went to berkeley or did they always hate america and now berkeley is making it worse? >> inherently anybody at berkeley applied to go to berkeley knowing what you are getting into and knowing the peer group around you, you are going to be one team that is so liberal that you are very much out of touch with the rest of the country. i think people who would choose to go to that school without a mission of changing the school, but being part of this liberal zoo circus they are part of, i think they didn't like america to start with. >> if these were conservatives doing this, i am sure the fbi would be knocking at their door. but these people can get away with anything. this our esteemed vice president kamala harris. i gets was her 57th birthday. happy birthday. she yelled surprise at her own birthday party, then kissed her husband with a mask on. watch. >> surprise! jesse: perfectly natural. walk into a surprise party with a mask and kiss your husband and yell surprise! here she is acting very surprised again when the actual president comes in to wish

and berkeley fled to gaul kron 4 news. >>time now is 6.41 still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news. tom brady has done it again we're going to show you more of that the next segment, the buccaneers coming out on top against the chiefs. >>i lights from last night's super bowl in just a moment. plus. a woman in northern california getting a rather special phone call after sending a letter about her hardships during the pandemic to the president. tell you what he did. and today a little cloudier little cooler than we were over the weekend daytime highs still in the mid 60's for san jose, well back to the 50's we go for oakland and san francisco. >>i've got your forecast ahead. >>and i'm tracking a hot spot along the bay bridge right now that's causing some slowdown we're about 20 minutes or so as you commute into the city also a new incident popping up in san jose has lanes closed from police were following that as well we'll have that coming up after the break. >>6.45 right now taking a look at more sunshine later today,

so do give yourself that extra time take a little bit slower out there you look outside from our berkeley cam right now shows the low clouds that have pushed in across the bay area these of a course accompanied by those showers that noted across the region looking at radar that's not very impressive right now yet rainfall is staying very light this morning you can see we've actually got fairly dry conditions in the south bay, currently the showers were much more widespread as they traversed through the northern part of the late yesterday and they've really lost steam as they reach the bay area really just some light sprinkles on the peninsula, couple, a moderate pockets right along highway, one o between south san francisco and san francisco itself, couple light areas of rainfall as well across the richmond sandra fell bridge and further north into southern portions of sonoma county currently for the east bay, it's mostly inland east bay areas that are looking at those areas of rainfall, especially east of mount diablo highway 4 from antioch down oakley on over to discovery bay looking at

>>today the alameda county bus test express help get people tested for covid-19 in berkeley starting next week more of these rolling clinics, the can each provide up to 500 tests a day will hit the roads between 5 other bay area counties as well moving at the direction of the local public health agencies, the idea of turning what used to be a tour bus or commuter coach into a mobile testing pop up came after the pandemic put the brakes on a local transportation company store coach ways when the pandemic at all the buses when i don't because obviously that tourism all passenger transportation halted except for public transit. >>we thought to ourselves that the vehicles can be utilized to drive around to provide equity in testing. the 45 foot coaches can provide the medical staff with wi-fi needed for computers running water ac he power and eventually they expect to be able to provide proper storage for vaccines. >>and bring them where they're needed the vehicle can essentially go to farm workers can go to urban areas and they can do it in an open air environment, the clinicians are on

you can see outside your berkeley hills cam that we are in the midst of some low cloud cover and that some lower visibility from time to time. as for visibility along our bridges as well as in her bayside areas actually fairing. all right. it's right above the bay that you're running into that low. cloudy blanket and that's where we are having some as far as the low clouds and visibility is concerned now temperatures right now mostly in the 50's alameda. you're at 55 degrees hayward and fremont at 56 concord at 57 currently while pittsburgh a standout sitting at 60 degrees currently now after a relatively mild start to this morning. we are in for a warm afternoon inland. but most of us are going to be nice and pleasant beside areas anywhere from the 60's to 70's and that are very hottest today. only a couple of spots will be barely rising into the low 90's staying great. the coast will sunshine appears everywhere else going to be talking more about what to expect for the rest of your monday as well as the rest of the week. still ahead, john, thank you so much for that. as you are head

out for some foggy spots this morning but no worries about any rainfall during daytime hours today berkeley view that's looking a little bit on the foggy side out there you can still see some of the city lights down below not as crystal clear as you would on a normal clear day though fog and cloud cover is pretty evident here on kron four's radar and if you look outside of fog cast nevado in san francisco or 2 of those spots right now that you have some lower visibility at times solano and contra costa counties are also especially going to be susceptible to some lower visibility right through the car cain is out and out into the delta. >>we've had those foggy spots the past couple of days too. now the good news maybe a grey start to this morning. but skies grow clear so pretty quickly into late morning in the afternoon ahead of us expect nice sunny conditions and temperatures this morning despite the grade are actually pretty comfortable most of us are in the 40's and a good amount warmer than we were yesterday at this time. so today all in all a pretty calm one when you're talking about th

in north berkeley which became a place to rejoice in hometown pride. >>neighbors and some teachers from both 1000 oaks elementary and other berkeley schools came out to take selfies in front of the banner offering congratulations to the school's most famous alumna madam vice president kamala harris all the teachers i talked to watch the inauguration live with their students virtually and say it meant a lot to their students and to themselves they're able to identify with someone who came from similar background that they have. >>and hope and inspiration that they could do anything that they set their mind see that. >>kamala is there and is breaking that glass ceiling in politics. but also just in for women everywhere. just to be bold to believe in yourself to be true in the fight for what you believe in again all women should be played just raising that bar too and we're seeing that i feel that i know my colleagues feel that we're super excited to see that women will be >>valentino wilson pacheco was brought to the mural in the school's courtyard that

berkeley. you know we will be rolled out in phases. phase, one includes hospitals, nursing facilities. paramedics emt ease face too. home health care clinics community health workers face 3 now we're entering the age groups. people 75 years and older education and child care workers phase 4 people age, 16 and older with underlying conditions and the homeless and everyone else the rest of the community they hope to get the vaccinations sometime this spring, although james and area there is no hard data on any of the vaccinations they are doing this as best as they can in conjunction. with the cdc. berkeley says they trying to do this as quickly as they possibly can realizing that the numbers are going up in the city of berkeley they handle 14 covid cases every day the good news is the positivity rate among all the case is still at 1.3% which is considerably lower than the 7% that the state uses as a measure whether or not it is that dangerous levels so 1.3 they're doing very well. berkeley's may

your berkeley view looks absolutely brilliant and clear. no cloud cover. no fog. that's more than we can say for tomorrow because tomorrow morning we're going to see a deep layer of ocean cool their streaming or right into the bay area that's going make for a foggy start to our friday and the much cooler feel on your friday, too. so this morning we're kicking things off in another clear, no high pressure still in place. so we're still warm today. but we are replacing that offshore winds with some nice ocean cool. they're pushing right in from the west over the next 24 hours this morning. it is really calm out there. it is a calm mild clear morning. beautiful. want to be stepping outside, maybe taking care of some errands getting on that job. i love stepping outside this morning, which is not usually the case when we're getting to work in the morning. you can see as we work our way into the afternoon. we do see that ocean breeze kicking back up. that's going to cool things off across the bay area. initially right along the coastline. but by the time we move to the

the c berkeley campus is quiet this week and for good reason. campus officials have ordered a lockdown for students to live in residence halls. this following a surge in covid-19 cases, that's a more than 400 new cases during the last 2 weeks of january. university officials and student leaders believe the surge is linked to offcampus gatherings coming back after winter break i think a lot of folks. >>we're became very relaxed with covid-19 policies. >>maybe if you go see a friend i've been tested regularly that's going to be okay. we also saw this surge right after a lot of greek life within the earthquake into the university. we're throwing rushing trying recruit new members under the restrictions which started february 1st. >>some 2000 students living in residence halls. a self sequester remaining in the rooms as much as possible as well as wear face coverings when in common areas. they can only leave for medical care covid testing and getting food the messaging to students has not been clear. it just felt very much on the student level that

well, that hit and run happened in berkeley on june 14th. ellis outside the whole foods on telegraph avenue. police say puzzle was line in the middle of the role between webster street avenue when he was hit. it's not clear why he was there. he was taken to a hospital where he later died. witnesses told the car told police the car was a dark colored sedan with tinted windows last seen traveling north into berkeley. san francisco's millennium tower continues to face some major troubles. and now the latest construction project design to stabilize the building is not worked. a san francisco supervisor tells kron four's has don't. it's time to bring in some outside experts. >> the fix was and recommended by this design review panel. i am now actually interested in bringing in other national. professional engineers to oversee their work. >> it appears the famed the millennium tower in san francisco, which was first reported sinking back in august 2016 is now leaning just a little bit tilted. an additional 5 inches in saint couples. morant not goo

we'll take you to the berkeley neighborhood where vice president harris grew up. we'll show you the pride on the streets. >>> once the president's cabinet is confirmed. three of the top five people will be women and they all have ties to the bay area. of course, vice president harris is first in line followed by speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, if confirmed would be janet yellen, she's the president's nominee for treasury secretary. >> the ballots of power shifted on capitol hill for the first time, democrats have control over the senate and the house and the white house. three senators created 50/50 splits between the party, democrats have a majority with vice president harris able to cast the tie breaking votes. today she swore in three senators including alice padilla. >> and that you are discharged of the duties on the office which you are about to enter so help you god. >> i do. >> congratulations. >> senator padilla is the first latino senator in california. padilla was secretary of state here in california before being tapped by governor newsom to fill h

in berkeley, emily turner, kpix5. >>> we should also note berkeley unified has about 10,000 students. san francisco unified has more than 57,000. >>> developing now, the intense search for a missing teenager from point richmond continues this afternoon. the coast guard and marine units from the richmond police were seen searching below and near the bridge this morning. chopper 5 was overhead. other sheriff's departments are also involved in the search. besides water searches, police are walking the shoreline looking for the teenager. 17-year-old antoine whitley was last seen on wednesday night walking on the richmon san rafael bridge. he had taken a ride share from marina way south in richmond. minutes later, he called a friend from the bridge and said he believed he was being followed. also, pittsburgh police need your help in identifying this three-year-old girl. she was found near west leland in the san marco villas. police are going door to door in the neighborhoods. if you recognize her, call pittsburgh police. >>> to our coronavirus coverage now. vaccinations just started. the a

the driver sped into berkeley, eventually going the wrong way on 5-80. the car is driving in circles on the freeway, hitting at least two other cars. the driver got off the freeway in oakland and drove into emeryville on city streets. the driver and the two passengers started running. one woman was caught near the embedded vehicle, one man surrendered as he was soon on someone's balcony. our new screw at the scene was there as police searched the abandoned car and found backs of cash in the trunk and the backseat. -- bags of c of c o the backseat. before 2:00, chasing a car on highway 24 in berkeley through the tunnel. the car matched the one that was reported stolen and it was used in three laptop and cell phone robberies last night. police spotted it this afternoon and followed it onto 24. the driver stopped on the freeway past the tunnel and he and his three passengers came out with their hands up. this is shutting down the freeway for a little while and made traffic into the county a mess. we get word that it is getting better now. once again, we hav

nbc bay area's tom jensen spoke with students. >> reporter: we came to the uc berkeley campus to talk to students firsthand armed with our social distancing microphone, and the students we talked to said you need to go to greek row because that's where all of the large get-togethers are happening. a banner hangs from this greek house reminding students it's rush time. just as the greek houses try to get new blood, uc berkeley is warning students about dozens of new covid-19 cases, mostly among undergraduate students. >> we did get an email from school saying there's been a surge in cases and to be extra careful. >> reporter: nessa and other students we talked to voiced a common concern when we asked them about the latest campus wide covid surge notification. >> it's always greek life that's spreading everything and partying. >> i've seen a lot of people going to like frat and sorority parties. >> the greek people are definitely a large part of it. >> reporter: this student says she's also concerned about cramped dormitories. the campus limits one person per room and provides required

but you're just using regular berkeley tap water. >>regular tap water, not even filtering in we have a really great water or water is calm positionally similar to new york's. >>i all i can say is take the bagel and it's not a water stop the magical new york water you're right, it's the it's that east bay water. >>wow all right so boychuk made a record. 5 5500 bagels and they all sold out yesterday that's how. >>in demand they are now you give me a good bagel with everything in a schmear that's good a lot she's on it that's that's my jam it sacrilege but i like a chocolate chip bail to be on jewish and not but i love it i did the 6 right now coming up in the next hour high school students getting back to class and in pleasanton they're going to in person classes and we've got a live report on that. >>plus cbs going to be opening hundreds of new vaccine sites, including ones in the bay area we'll tell you where and president biden is going to be giving his first state of the state address state of the union and we'll have a live report

look at lower 70's in dublin, upper 60's under berkeley as well. oakland. 69 for you and heading up here in napa sonoma. you got mid 70's upper 60's stinson beach point raise. if you want to get out there today. upper 60's as you're traveling there and we have to get a look at your seven-day if you're trying to make plans lika always try to do. we start the weekend 70's year and then we start to cool down like i talked about into the 60's in the inland areas. you're going to be in the 40's and along the bay and the coastal areas still pretty cool in the 40's. so sara, what we're looking at is thursday potentially into friday so we could see those light showers again. all right. let's also go ahead. get a look at the traffic today has hitten at the roads this morning. a little under 10 minutes traveling from the east bay into the city. so conditions are looking really nice. no major hot spot. let's also get a look at the san mateo bridge and across towards the peninsula a little under 14 minutes for your drive time there. the richmond center fell co

>>time now is 5 '05 and vice president harris is former elementary school in north berkeley joined in the celebration neighbors and some teachers from 1000 oaks elementary and other berkeley schools came together to take selfies in front of a banner congratulating. they're famous alum. madam vice many of the teachers watch the inauguration live with their students one said it meant a lot to them. just in for women everywhere. >>just to be bold to believe in yourself to be true in the fight for what you believe in again all women should be played just raising that bar too and we're seeing that i feel that likely >>oh my god maybe i can change the world i love that of the founders of cool feek remember fi creamery in san leandro. >>whipped up some special ice cream. they have a new flavor called kamala blossom to honor her as both the first black and first asian american and female vice president. >>there's any question as to how a biden administration would look different in the fight against covid-19 it only took just a few hours to find out in a series of executive orders president b

this afternoon for the north bay as of right now it is crystal clear out there across the bay area berkeley looking good with clear skies out there across the horizon. >>what we're going to be looking at for the rest of the day today is going to be a bit of a cloudier one than yesterday was cloup cover overhead has helped to prevent the formation of a dense layer fog so fog is not going to be as big of a deal as you make your way out of the house this morning as what we saw yesterday, you're just going to be looking up at some great rather than through it as you make your way to work san jose livermore doubling each in the 30's well 40's from hayward oakland up to berkeley north bay temperatures back down in the 30's that's a very similar range to where you were yesterday novato only down 2 degrees while a bigger difference noticeable in san francisco downey degrees where we were at at this same point yesterday weekend planner shows you that we will be looking at a cold morning with some cloudier skies overhead now rain today really fizzling out as it reaches the bay showers most likely for

this is our camera on top of the berkeley hills here. you can see straight across the bay over towards the san francisco. so a nice clear shot. but of course, starting early of what we like to call around here and very, very chilly in fact, temperatures 40's and 50's right now around the bay area. so bundle up as you make your way out of the house today. a san francisco you're currently at 55 right now. oakland 54 degrees 51 in concord. 51 also in livermore right now. 52 degrees. if you're just now waking up with us in downtown san jose. look at all those 40's in the north, a very chilly in upper right now currently at 46 there and nevado 46 degrees. but things will be changing. we're actually tracking a high-pressure system that's going to be warming things up into the afternoon warm for this time of year. definitely little bit abnormal and we're going to be seeing a lot of sunshine and mostly clear conditions through tomorrow and even into the weekend, much of the rainfall in the low pressure in that chillier temperatures that will rem

berkeley mayor rigging says they'll be deployed as soon as possible. so i'm very pleased that our entire council recognizes that this is a smart. >> strategy to. deter violent crime and also bring accountability when it does occur. >> reporting in berkeley. dan thorn kron 4 news. >> full day's pay the family of a man who died in alameda police custody is demanding that the officers involved face murder charges. 26 year-old mario gonzalez died back in april after being restrained by several officers. you're looking at body camera video from that incident. well, recent autopsy found that gonzales was intoxicated on meth and that a combination of the drugs and police force resulted in his death. ultimately the alameda county coroner ruled gonzales his death a homicide. >> now, while we're happy with the ultimate conclusion that they still arrived at that this was a homicide which lets me know that it's the type conclusion that was and is capable. on the way to arriving at the conclusion. that was a homicide in my opinion, they to its opportunities to thro

i am feeling happy and relieved and excited that a daughter of oakland, raised in berkeley is our vice president and i say the east bay is in the house. in the white house now. >> well, representing here in the white house and representing out there beyond the security perimeter. we know among the 25,000 national guard troops that are securing the area, there are some from the bay area. we tried hard to find them and could not. finally tonight we did meet a u.s. national park ranger based out of the bay area who is here patrolling the grounds tonight. that was nice to see a familiar face. >> kris, that is not a usual setup where you are. are you on a riser built for the inauguration? >> we are. i will tell you, it is really secure. but being from california, i swear i feel little earthquakes out here. a really sturdy structure. we are up here on the third floor. it was packed with journalists from all over the world. we heard a couple of different languages spoken here. the whole world is watching for the transfer of power. they are going to take it down. they keep the same blueprints

let's bring in jodi hernandez who is at the vice president's childhood home in berkeley. sounds cool to say that. >> it does. this has been a very popular spot today as people have come by to visit this house. this is the house that vice president harris grew up in. it is now a preschool. i'll tell you, harris has remained close with some of her neighbors. she even invited some of them to washington, d.c. today for her big day. >> this is something that you would never imagine and for it to come true today, you can't even put it into words the excitement behind it. it's a true blessing. >> reporter: montrella wilson describing what it's like to see her family's former neighbor take the oath of office. harris grew up in the house next door. in fact wilson's mother-in-law, aunt and cousins are in washington for the inauguration. harris even used their family bible along with justice thurgood marshal's to take her oath. >> she never forgot her roots. she believes in community and family. >> reporter: all day people have been stopping by the berkeley house to snap a photo and

and berkeley unified school district teamed up together in order to make this clinic happen. kron four's phillipe djegal reports appointments were fully booked within hours of availability. >> 10 year-old sage gold he was a little nervous before he was inoculated at malcolm x elementary understandable considering the dragged on for months alright, in the he says it was not bad at all. it was like a small pinch. you have that's it. after receiving a pediatric pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. sage is just one more shot away from being fully inoculated. it was very important it now i can finally go see my grandparents. i'm excited for him. i mean, it's it's important to protect not only himself but everybody around overall at the elementary school the city of berkeley partnered with the berkeley unified school district to provide 200 doses of the vaccine for district students, age 5 through 11. we know that vaccines are safe and effective superintendent bret stephens says it is important for you to get vaccinated headed into the winter months when case rates could possibly just last w

this is your view from berkeley right here. low cloud cover, overhead and we do have a dense marine layer that's moved in especially across the north bay. >> so i want you to keep in mind lowered visibility potential as you do venture out, especially for the north bay. the coast and in pockets of the east bay this morning. there are spots out there that may cause few problems as you're making your way into work this morning. as far as that fog is concerned. otherwise skies are still dry before weekend rainfall winds are overall calmer than they've been tuesday was or windiest day yesterday. it was blustery near the coast but much more comfortable and went right now temperatures are mostly in the 40's to 50's oakland alameda hayward, fremont all at 52 degrees. san mateo, san francisco and berkeley. on the other hand, hanging out in the upper 40's. >> reyna. john, thank you for that. you're off to a great start on this

i can hear that person chanting open schools in the east bay, these were families in berkeley urging the school district to reopen classrooms for in person learning. this demonstration happened over the weekend rallying students and parents and doctors told kron 4 that distance learning has been a failure. they believe school can welcome students back safely adding that the delay has had devastating effects on students. >>we've spoken with pediatricians have told us that they have had more children suicidal ideation in the last year than they have seen in the last 30 i extremely frustrating as well as. our 3 year-old is going to preschool fully masked it's open it's doable in for 3 year-old and 7 year-old. >>in a statement a crowd for berkeley unified school district said quote the district continues to work to reopen schools for in person learning while acknowledging the frustration and concerns of many in our community. we are listening. the family sharing their experiences today as these experiences inform our ongoing work to safely reopen our schools. the cdc meanwhile plans to r