Just hours ago. Thats where we start to saturday night here on kron 4 news at 10 oclock, thanks so much for spending time with us. Im Jonathan Mccall and im Justine Waldman this is the 3rd vaccine approved here in the United States for emergency authorization against the virus and as you just heard. Hundreds of thousands of doses are on their way to california kron fours dan for la for us tonight in the city with reaction from Health Experts. On todays dose death. Well jonathan and just seeing this is certainly welcome news as we continue in this battle against covid19. And as there has been this emergence of contagious variants Infectious Disease specialist we talked with tonight say that this single dose shot is safe and is effective and it couldnt come soon enough. Johnson and johnson prepares the 3rd covid19 vaccine for distribution across the u. S. The new single dose shot comes as the demand for vaccines still exceeds the supply. I just i mean its you know this is would not only
Down for us. Well, jonathan and justine parents tell us that theyre happy that there students are going to able to go back to in person classes. But theyre a little concerned about how much time theyre actually going to be allowed to spend with in the classroom. Whether or not hours are going to be enough for them. The School District. On the other hand, says that they have been working hard to make things as normal as possible. But its going to be difficult considering the pandemic is still. Going on. But they say right now this plan is best for students. The staff and parents. Oakland schools are reopening for hybrid learning beginning, march 30th pre k through second graders and priority. Students. 3rd through 12th grade can go back to the classroom for the first time in more than a year from the superintendent on down. Everybodys excited get things back on track. The agreement between the Oakland Unified School district and the Oakland Education Association was ratified saturday ni
Unified the south based Largest School district, announced friday evening it schools are reopening to some students grades pre k through 12 grade will be allowed back starting april 21st, the district says about a third of students indicated a desire to return in person and they can accommodate about half of students in each class because of physical distancing requirements. You have some schools with much higher percentage. Is this where we may not be able to accommodate everyone who wants in person. So we still have those details to work through. This comes one day after Livermore Valley joint Unified School District decided to bring back students who choose to return in person starting march 22nd. I was ecstatic. Ive been waiting for this moment since march, 13th or we shut down, the superintendent says flowers are now showing up at her work and home. I think its been a Long Time Coming and. You know, theres been some disappointments throughout the years when we went to different, y
Hospitalizations. Contra costa county has moved from the orange here to the more restrictive red tier and even though San Francisco has remained in the yellow tier local Health Officials are preparing the state to move them back into a more restrictive tier. Our personal bello has more on what is being affected and when those restrictions go into effect. Mayor london breed said tuesday that 2 weeks ago officials knew they were possibly headed in this direction. And unfortunately after seeing a 250 uptick in covid cases here we are the fact is. The virus is spreading. And we have to make the hard decisions citing a consistent uptick in cases since last month mayor london breed is once again asking the residents of San Francisco to be cooperative as they make significant rollbacks beginning friday evening the city will eliminate Indoor Dining. Gyms and theaters will go back to reduce capacity of 25 . And while schools currently open for in Person Learning can remain open additional reope
Reopening plans to be county office of education will tonight the Livermore School District Board is holding a vote on its plans but as kron fours phillipe to call reports. The decision to move to in Person Instruction or stay in Distance Learning may ultimately depend on the will of the parents. Nobel ababa started a petition and has collected more than 300 signatures from parents and the Livermore Valley joint unified School District demanding in Person Instruction resume before the end of this year are dynamic as a teacher student just isnt that great or dynamic as mother and daughter is wonderful. She has 2 young daughters in the district who are struggling with Distance Learning a strong feel like a normal cake and go back to school some way us tonight, the District Board will vote on the recommendations developed by its reopening Plan Task Force if approved the plan would be submitted to the Alameda County office of other School Districts in the country in the state and even in t