Graders. But could a spike in covid cases disrupt the start of the new school year . Im justine waldman. Thanks for joining us for kron. 4 news at a time can wane. Here we go. Families enrolled at hoover elementary. Were excited to see some of the upgrades on the campus. The school had a fresh coat of paint. Theres a new playground. And the school year also started in antioch today, several east Bay School Districts and San Francisco start School Next Week as more bay area children get ready to head back to school. Medical experts say the return of indoor classes. Coupled with the recent uptick in covid cases nationwide might result in more children getting the virus for us to assist reports and how experts say, although we are in a lot better shape than in years past covid19 is still a virus to take seriously. The American Academy of pediatrics says 15. 6 million children have contracted covid19 since the beginning of the pandemic 2020. Now as students go back to school, medical exper
Where crews are investigating a hazmat situation. They say nearly 2 dozen people may have been exposed to a chemical and its making some of those people sick tonight. Thank you so much for joining us here during kron. 4 news at 6. Im justine waldman. Im ken wayne. This is happening on island. Drive in Redwood Shores. The building where the leak was found has been evacuated. Kron 4 Justin Campbell joins us live from Redwood Shores tonight with the very latest. Justin. Can in justine, the Fire Department and the hazmat from san mateo. And redwood city just left the scene that chemical leak was free. On a walk you through a little bit of what happened. This the deputy fire chief tells me around 12, 30 this afternoon a call came in people inside of this building complaining of nausea, 2 of them even had a blood. He 21 people potentially exposed. They monitor the those people left the building. None of them went to the hospital. They have since been released. Now the Fire Department telling
On kron. 4 news at 5. Im grant lotus and vicki liviakis. Health officials are investigating 2 recent deaths from legionnaires disease. Potentially linked to a richmond spa that was operating without a Health Permit. Kron fours rob nesbitt joining us live now in studio with more on how one Contra Costa County supervisors calling for a wider investigation. This is deeply troubling. It is the spas close and more could be closing in the coming months. The zhen zhen day spa. And richmond closed after 2 people died from legionnaires disease. Both victims had visited the spa just days before they started showing symptoms. The concern now is who else visited the spa . Chains in a closed sign. Let those walking up to his end. A spot know the state of the richmond business as the Contra Costa County Health Department investigates 2 deaths caused by legionnaires disease. One person died thursday night and the other friday morning. This facility. It was operating without a Health Permit from the c
City workers in san jose officially voted to go on strike. Details on what happens next. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im noelle bellow happening right now. The San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance is protesting the possible expansion of driverless cars. The group met at the California Public Utilities Commission headquarters today. The commission is set to discuss the interference of the Autonomous Vehicles with First Responders today. And on thursday, they will vote on whether to grant expansion of services for autonomous cars. The taxi workers say they want the commission to know theyre opposed to waymo and cruise offering 24 7 service in the city. Meanwhile, down in the south bay city workers in san jose have voted to strike for 3 days. The announcement was made earlier this morning. Kron fours will tran has more on what happens next. It is official 4500 workers for the city of san jose. They will be going on
Picking up the pieces after a chaotic sideshows ends with cars under water and innocent woman in the hospital. Now from the areas local news station. This is kron. 4 news at 3. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 3. Im justine waldman. Our top story comes from the south bay where city workers in san jose have voted to go on strike next week. Kron 4 Charles Clifford has the latest. Well, here in san jose, thousands of city workers have overwhelmingly voted to go on strike. San jose city workers into unions have voted to authorize a 3 day strike starting tuesday, august 15th running through the 17th 4500 workers from across the city, including employees at the airport and city facilities, such as libraries are now set to walk off the job next week. The union say that the main sticking points are disagreements over wages and benefits. The unions also say they want the city to address Staffing Shortages. Striking is a last resort. Our hope is that City Council Members