Testing catherine. Yeah, thats what theyre hoping for, pam. And can Officials Say . In just the past week theyve distributed more than 600,000 doses of the Monkeypox Vaccine all across the country. And they say theyre now able to perform as many as 80,000 tests every week. The white house, as you know, has been criticized for responding too slowly to monkeypox. Local doctors say yes, they hope the announcement from the white house today. Well get Critical Resources out faster to people who need them. Most. We need to make it easier to roll this out to the people who need them most, which is that at msm population and trans people have with men until this is its probably going to bleed over into the general population and time is of the essence. Time is ticking. The longer we wait, the more and more expensive. Its going to be not only in terms of dollars, but in terms of emotional starts. With monkeypox now considered a Public Health emergency and the country. Some lawmakers in sacramen
She made us feel young, remembering and paying tribute to an entertainment icon, today we look back at the life and career of Olivia Newton john. Bay area kids head back to school in oakland, how Oaklands Oaklands mayor is trying to change that. As we look at the 49 season kickoff, we look at how one player serves his community. The top story on kpix news, what a loss in the entertainment entertainment world. Singer and actress Olivia Newton john has died at the age of 73. We look back at her amazing work on and off the screen. [ music ] reporter Olivia Newton john cook 80s aerobics to a new level. The single offer double platinum album physical spend 10 10 weeks at number one on the billboard hot 100. It was not only the biggest hit of the pop singers career, but the number one hit of the entire decade. The english born australian raised singer rose to fame in the movie adaptation of the move the movie grease. It endured endured popularity in the u. S. 40 years later, who wouldve thun
Security officers trying to evict parents from school theyve occupied for 10 weeks. The parents are demanding that those they say, brutally attacked them thursday be brought to justice max roscoe says he was physically assaulted , injured, cuffed and detained against his will. Things carry consequences. And those consequences. Have to be taken into these people that gave those instructions. And the people that gave orders to follow it. As well as the people that assaulted me for a lot of people. Schools are just schools , buildings that sometimes are open and sometimes get closed. But that is not the case here, not by a long shot is where we educate our entire Community Across the nation. This is where resources are supposed to go in the issue is public controlled Public Education. Oh, yes, he keeps saying closing schools are not closing schools. Theyre replacing them with charter schools. We cant keep pushing our Public Education away and charter rising it in privatizing it. Weve got
The newsroom tonight and joins us with more on that part of the story. Dan. Well, catherine, vicki, the 1 31 yearold basketball star was found deliberately smuggling cannabis oil into a russian airport. Griner was arrested back in february, accused of having the illegal vape cartridges in her luggage. But there have been concerns that griner has been detained as a political because of the United States stance on russias invasion of ukraine. Today, sentencing brought about strong reaction, including what comes next for griner. The 2 time olympic Gold Medalist and wnba superstar with a blank expression, as she learned her fate 9 years in a russian prison. The guilty verdict for Brittney Griner was expected, but calls from the u. S. Continue to demand for her release bay area. Congresswoman barbara lee taking to social media saying the conviction was absolutely disgraceful and that griner should be home with her wife and loved ones but is instead being used by russia as a political, i thi
Official, monkeypox is now a National Public health emergency. So what does this mean in the fight against the virus where we live moving forward . Efforts to save a San Francisco hospital. The legal action one city is now taking against the feds. Wnba star Brittney Griner sentenced by a Russian Court to nine years in prison. Im Natalie Brent in washington with reaction from the Biden Administration and the efforts to bring her home. Good afternoon. Im reid colin. Our top story at 3 00 on kpix 5, after weeks of growing case counts and vaccine supply questions and demands, monkeypox has been declared a National Public health emergency. Cbs reporter Elise Preston on what changes in the fight to stop it. Reporter the Biden Administration has declared the monkeypox outbreak a National Public health emergency. Were prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every american to take monkeypox seriously and to take responsibility to help us tackle this