A total of 8 people from one classroom at delany go high school contracted covid last month it happened right as the school was welcoming students back and staff for phase 2 of its reopening process which was on november 17th. Kron fours while bella joins us now live from des Legal High School with the very latest noel. What happened. Just seen and grant you know its its been a tough go for the kids and the Staff Members here at della me go actually all afternoon and evening ive watched as janitors have been sanitizing and cleaning the rooms here let me go high school this is a high school that actually holds transitional classes for special education students and it was inside one of those classrooms that 5 Staff Members and 3 students contracted covid19 i spoke with one of those Staff Members. She says she is has a tent to go back. But not positive about it for the last 31 years, jan jimenez has worked as an autism specialist paraprofessional with San Ramon Valley Unified School Dist
C. D. C. As many as 450,000 americans could die from the coronavirus by february, in what he calls the most difficult three months in the history of public health. Now, that prediction comes from dr. Robert redfield and it comes less than two weeks before operation warp speed says it should start distributing its first vaccines. Great britain is moving faster than that, after the government approved pfizers vaccine today, launching a plan to start giving shots within days. Well, tonight, the commissioner of the f. D. A. Tells cbs news that it will take longer for the u. S. To approve the vaccine to assure americans it is safe. Still, experts say even when vaccinations begin, the damage from all that thanksgiving travel may already be done. And as we come on the air, the rate of new infections nationwide continues to grow. E viruslizations from the virus have hit an alltime high, too. So in an effort to stop further spread, tonight the c. D. C. Is once again asking americans not to trav
Francisco. We do have some fog south of the city, some low lying cloud cover is pushed in right on the peninsula as well as into point rays and up into portions of Northern Marine and sonoma counties so do watch out for these patches of low lying cloud cover and fog a little closer to the coast as well as out towards the central valley, otherwise it will be another clear morning for the vast majority of us san jose right now youre at 43 livermore dublin conquered each in the mid to upper 30s. Well, berkeley or loan spot holding on to 50 degrees. Napa youre at 39 while santa rosa cool 36 fairfield at 34 degrees to kick off this morning. So yeah back to the 30s we go it is another chilly start to this day. But i am talking some warmer weather come this afternoon still ahead your forecast we have in for traffic in its a little early for anything out there what are we ads on of the most part right now its pretty quiet out there. This is a look at the Richmond Bridge you can see. An eightmi
Bring students back as soon as possible. Thank you for joining us on kron 4 news at 10 everybody im grant lotus im Justine Waldman in for Vicki Liviakis tonight now this delegation sent letters to San Franciscos Unified School District san mateo counties offices at of education and more. Urging for more plans to be made to kron 4 cylinder sackey joins us now live from outside of San Franciscos district headquarters for the School District she has more now on this push to get kids and teachers back in the classroom. Well despite the surge in cases and hospitalizations lawmakers and doctors say that school should still reopen as soon as they can and based on data from some of the other schools that reopened in the bay area with. In Person Learning they say that actually schools are one of the safer places to reopen during the pandemic. Do believe that schools need to be prioritize. We think that schools need to be open when many of the things may need to be should an Assembly Member phil
Today, senators grilled top Us Health Experts about how to stop the spread of the virus and when that vaccine will be ready. Despite President Trumps public statements that a vaccine could be ready next month. Cdc director doctor Robert Redfield says he doesnt expect one to be widely available for another 9 to 12 months. Late 2nd quarter 3rd quarter. 2021. Meanwhile democratic president ial candidate joe biden says that while the trust was Scientists Say about a potential coronavirus vaccine. He says he does not trust President Trump. And meantime tonight, a ucsf Infectious Disease expert is weighing in on this debate saying that she agrees with the cdc director kron fours gayle ong talked with her about whether or not a mask is more effective than the vaccine when it comes to protecting yourself from covid. The Berkeley City Council members approved the mask fine after seeing an increase of covid19 cases in july and august this as the cdc director stresses the importance of wearing a