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in san francisco, as the omicron variant continues to spread. the city s health department says san francisco s seven day average case rate is 829 cases per day. that s more than double last year s peak at 373 cases per day. hospitalizations are up and are expected to reach peak numbers similar to last with your search. dr grant colfax says. most cases are expected to be mild or asymptomatic. we are expecting a peak in these cases relatively quickly. our projections show again. this situation is fluid. that cases will peak within the next two weeks. making it possible for us to minimize the damage. if we are smart and take proper precautions we come to know so well during the course of this pandemic. san francisco also, says 167 police officers, 135 firefighters and nearly 100 union workers are in quarantine due to covid. and the latest surge has led to long lines that ....
meteorologist mark mile, who is tracking this next storm and mark it looks like this one s kind of dipping in from the northwest. yes that s right. mike and garcia in fact already if you showers out there, and we are expecting the rainfall to intensify this afternoon, so while it s not as strong as a last yield a few days ago, this will still pack a punch, especially as we head into late this afternoon. add into the evening hours. i ve been trying to dodge a few raindrops in the backyard this afternoon. and as you can see right now, the satellite and the radar very active, especially up to our north and that energy will be drifting in over the next few hours. right now. the current radar imagery we do have some light rain reported up in the cinema county for santa rosa and some scattered green showing up on this map this afternoon. as you can see, shifting to the south right now, not all this reaching the ground, but that will be a different story over the next 3 to 4 h ....
this weekend. the latest shooting death happened on grand avenue near lake merritt. police say the victim confronted someone who was breaking into cars and was shot. ktvu elissa harrington joins us live in the newsroom and said ellis, how is the city responding? and what are the police doing about this? well ali, you know, just hours before this latest homicide in oakland police announced that they were adding tactical team skilled in de escalating certain incidents. this comes as the city is reeling over a string of homicides and thefts. it was another deadly weekend in oakland. video from sunday afternoon shows a large crime scene near lake merritt. police say someone was shot and killed while interrupting a car burglary. the victim had his vehicle burglarized, then confronted the suspect. witnesses reported hearing gunshots and saw a man near an suv fall to the ground has happened around 3 30 in the afternoon in a busy area, the restaurants, vendors and across the st ....
their conditions. not yet known this afternoon. of course, as we get more information about this developing story into our newsroom, we will bring it to you. happening today fighter is expected to ask the fda for emergency use authorization for covid vaccine for kids ages four and younger. that means the covid shots for these young kids could become available much sooner than expected. you re in the bay area. you know what i feel is, people are pounding down doors wanting to get their children vaccinated and that could soon become a reality for the youngest americans fighter announced it plans to ask the fda for emergency use authorization for covid vaccine for kids between six months and four years of age. if granted, the shots could become available by the end of this month. parents are asking all the time . dr christina vaux with east bay pediatrics says she s treated many young patients with covid, especially during the recent omicron wave. luckily the little kids h ....
who could strike with very little notice to our intelligence community our law enforcement community here at home. bill: what are people saying there. reporter: if there is a sense of unease or urgency 0er fear it s the largest in america with 40 million visitors annually. we got up here after the mall was closed. but the tribune reported crowds were normal here ned. that after the al qaeda-affiliated group al-shabaab issued a video which threatened attacks object this mall and in ement canada. can d in edmonton canada. the video released by al-shabaab reflects the new face we face. they are calling for attacks through internet, video and publications which means we need to respond militarily. reporter: the malt of america is not a the mall of america is not allowing the media inside the mall. they are going to put us across the mall and it s 8 degree below zero as i speak to you today. they issued a statement saying there is no credible threat associated with ....