Kerman is joins us live from kaiser in South San Francisco and dan is it too late to protect your self against the flu. It literally takes a matter of seconds but doctors say it can protect you all winter long of course we are talking about the flu vaccine and doctors say if you havent had the flu shot yet, now is a great time. Usually flu becomes much more widesperead around christmas and then carries on into january february and march. Thursday afternoon there was a steady of stream of people dropping by the flu clinic at kaiser in santa clara its been a while since ive gotten it, i used to get it as a kid and then last year i got the flu twice in 6 months and i thought this year i am going to get the flu shot so im hoping it does the trick. Doctors say early indications suggest the vaccine is a good match for the flu strains that are circulating this season studies show the flu vaccine reduces the risk of getting the flu by between 50 and 60 . And is recommended everyone 6 months an
The water main break happened around 6 am this morning. Water was out to nearby residences up until 5 30 this afternoon. The pipe that broke was installed in the 1930 so it is part of that aging infrastructure. The work delayed drivers tonight and it could do the same tomorrow when asphault is being put down. Drivers trying to make the best of it. Oc forty minutes late manback out here live workers still busy at it. Trying to do what they can to fix this area. They should be wrapping up in the next thirty minutes and then back at it early tomorrow morning. You may want to avoid this 2nd and harrison area on your commute. Live in San Francisco, j. R. Stone kron 4 news. grant we first told you about this story this morning when we sent a push alert on our mobile app. Make sure you download the kron four mobile app to always stay up to date on breaking news. Its free for apple and android devices. vicki our other top story tonight. Bullet holes riddle the walls and Security Cameras at a s
4 news. grant another big story were following. A heated meeting tonight over proposed budget cuts within the Oakland School district. The district was initially facing a shortfall of 15pointone Million Dollars. That number has now dropped to nine Million Dollars. Tonight hundreds of parents packed tonights meeting. Pushing Board Members to keep their school open. Labor unions and Community Groups are trying to get school Board Members to reconsider their calculations. They want access to how the budget is being analyzed, so the community can help come up with proposals for the allocation of funds. Those opposing cuts to schools say high paid administrators should feel the brunt of it, but students will no doubt be affected. In a place where they could go into state receivership. Thats where the state would come in and make cuts without asking any questions or hearing public comment. Which is the reason why the board wants to make the cuts themselves. If it passes. Some layoffs will co
Florist. And the inside looks even worse. Investigators say this fire was started intentionally. And it might have been done by a homeless person. pkg monday afternoon there were still footsteps in the foam that put out the flames at the florist shop. The fire happened before the sun even came up. Owner paula trotta got the phone call nobody wants. We came down here and weve lost everything. Showing me the inside of her 62yearold family business, trotta said she was devastated not only for her financial loss, but because these types of fires arent new in antioch. I know that there were four fires last night and i was told previously that they were trying to catch somebody doing it. In september, kron four showed you damage from some of the aeight fires that happened in just a twoday span. The fire marshal for contra costa Fire Protection district said those were all intentionally set,. Trotta says investigators told her mondays fire. Was set in this dumpster. Rob strickland owns a mort
Interstate 5 is the major arterial between mexico and canada as a matter of fact. And so were talking about something that is fundamentally important to the movement of people and commerce in the area having been impacted here. catherine the first members of an n t s b go team are on the scene tonight. Theyll be looking for the locomotives black box and working to determine the trains speed in the curve. Vicki and grant . vicki in the east bay. No contract yet. That is the latest out of the east bay, as the jobs of three thousand city workers remain in the balance grant workers remain on the job in oakland tonight, unlike last monday, when they were on strike. Q this evening. Mediation continues as the two sides try to hammer out a deal. But without a plan in place, could a strike occur again vicki kron fours Terisa Estacio is in oakland for us on the latest tes i just talked with a Union Spokesperson here at the seiu headquarters in oakland he says for now, they are optimistic but als